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need help on i.d
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 12:27
by rizla75
Found this pleco in a 2ndhand tank ... I know its a bristlnose of some kind but is not 'the common brown ' picture dont really do justices its infact dark green/brown .. .. have taken it to a few importers and few trusted breeders of various plecos ... most are stumped and a few have come up with a suggestion..but none 100% on i.d ... can anyone confirm
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 12:52
by nvcichlids
is possible that it is the common bn variety called "green dragon"here in the US?
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 21:01
by rcbows
Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!
Ron
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 22:03
by Silurus
rcbows wrote:Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!
Do female
A. ranunculus have pale spots? I thought they didn't.
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 22:05
by Coldhands
I have several female A. Ranunculus and they ceratinly don't look like this one. A. Ranunculus are pretty distinct from other ancistrus species.
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 13:36
by rizla75
rcbows wrote:Could it be a female Ancistrus ranunculus, just green from the "second hand water in the tank"!
Ron
Lol it been in my tank a good 6-7 months and its still greenish .. def not green from 2nd hand water
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 13:39
by rizla75
Greendragon is the i.d i been given several times but as say no-one is 100% ... anyone know latin/ species name so i can do some huntin on that species myself
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 13:58
by Birger
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 14:10
by rizla75
thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 14:55
by naturalart
Can you get pics of the ventral surface, mouth and profile?
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 16:28
by racoll
Can't see why it's not just a
. They come in all colours and shapes these days.
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 16:51
by panaque
rizla75 wrote:
thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this
Green Dragon is a colour form of the common bristlenose, so Birger's suggestion above is not at odds with what others have told you - same species, different wrapper.
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 20:00
by rizla75
panaque wrote:rizla75 wrote:
thats just bristlenoses/morphs .. nothing even close to this
Green Dragon is a colour form of the common bristlenose, so Birger's suggestion above is not at odds with what others have told you - same species, different wrapper.
ok.. fair do's... but anyone know where can get some definitive info on them ? or is basically same as the albino / calico / superred etc when comes to breeding ..temps etc ? and anyone in UK able to get them as i want a male lol
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 13 Nov 2014, 00:00
by racoll
is basically same as the albino / calico / superred etc when comes to breeding ..temps etc ?
Yes, everything written about the
will apply.
Re: need help on i.d
Posted: 14 Nov 2014, 23:35
by rcbows
I know nothing about "Ancistrus ranunculus" I just made a guess because it has such a wide head. You said it was in a "found this pleco in a 2ndhand tank" so it made it sound like it was something you acquired from someone else. You mean you have a tank with a catfish in it that you put there and don't know what it is?
