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however I have had a look at the same individual after a while in a different tank and the colour has changed totally. she is a lot darker now but has retained a pinkish hue unlike a normal BN. The tank is a lot darker and has more wood but has the same light substrate.
Does anybody know what she is now? The closest thing I can find is a "piebald" ancistrus but never having seen one, I dont know if this species would be capable of such dramatic colour changes.
I agree with MatsP, definitely not a Chaetosoma as aside from the shape, here in Oz we would likely be paying upo to $400 retail for one. Therfore nobody would have any problems keeping tabs on the name of a fish of this worth, and they certainly wouldnt sell it to a LFS as an unknown species.
I suspect what we call a normal BN is Ancistrus sp(3)and yes it has exactly the same shape, just different colour patterns.
I thought Ancistrus sp(2) as well but Im not sure given the dramatic white colour in the first photo.
I think as well if your read the Ingo Seidel article in Shane's World that he mention if you cross albino BNs with piebalds, you get this effect in some cases.
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