Is this a female bristlenose?

jars104 · Post by **jars104** » 17 Jun 2005, 01:29

Sold to me as simply ancistrus

And belly!

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Jun 2005, 01:39

Yup, this one.

jars104 · Post by **jars104** » 17 Jun 2005, 01:45

Silurus wrote:Yup, this one.

Thanks again!!!

Do you think this one is female? Has two small nodules just in front of the eyes - although this one is only 2 months old.

Also, can I ask what is best to feed for green? I thought courgette / lettuce / peas but am not sure how to prepare them!

Thanks for all your help - like the website too!

Post by **Silurus** » 17 Jun 2005, 02:44

This will give you some idea of how to prepare greens for your bristlenose.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 17 Jun 2005, 09:28

It's hard to see the size of the fish. You say it's two months old, but does that mean that you've had it for two months or that it's two months since (choose one of) [the eggs where laid, the fry came out of the cave, it was imported into the country, it was sold to the LFS]

Judging by the size of the algae wafer beside it on the pic_id=142 picture, I'd say that it's about half a year old or so. It's probably a bit early to say whether it's male or female.

Males usually form the bristles around the lower front of the head first, so look for tiny bristles there first. Of course, it may never happen if it's a female.

Some of my first succesfull spawn (ca. 5 months after leaving the cave, and two inches long (TL)) are just starting to show some bristles. But just like humans, some will develop a little earlier than others, and these are definitely the biggest of that spawn.

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Mats

jars104 · Post by **jars104** » 17 Jun 2005, 13:22

Thanks guys

Mats my ageing is incorrect - i'd bought this from LFS two months ago and at the time it was very small. I'll wait a bit to see what sex I have as I'd like to pair him/her up.

Thanks again

nightowl1350 · Post by **nightowl1350** » 22 Jun 2005, 07:07

My BN like peas and lima beans as well as cucumber, baby brine shrimp, microworms and algae wafers. I slice up the cucumber fairly thin, freeze it and use as needed. The peas and lima beans are frozen ones, I thaw in a container of hot water for a few minutes and remove shells, squish the peas a bit as you put in tank and split the lima beans in two.