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need a busht nose id please

Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 01:35
by kwalker
my friend picked these up off of a fish list a few months back. any idea's on which species. i believe the list originated from peru. they where labeled red marble ancistrus. thanks in advance.

ken

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Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 09:31
by Yann
Hi Ken!

It is one of these human made species...



They are rather orange when young and they gently put more browns on...

Cheers
Yann

Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 14:24
by kwalker
thanks for the reply.

ken

Ancistrus ID

Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 16:12
by bsfoord
Hi there,

I'm a newbie to this forum and haven't even introduced myself yet.

The link didn't work for me but try this one
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /275_f.php

I've never had much luck with this variety myself, some of the specialist shops occasionally stock it (very small youngsters) and they charge a hefty premium for it.

Regards,
Barry

Posted: 01 Aug 2007, 07:44
by Jools
bsfoord,

Yann didn't put the link in correctly. It was previously in at Ancistrus sp.(2) rather than - note the extra dot. I've fixed the link above. However it's all a bit academic as I think the species was moved to !

The way Yann posted the link (i.e. using the