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Albino Bristlenose pleco?

7K views 25 replies 8 participants last post by  southafrica1001 
#1 ·
do you see the bristles when it is a juvenile and if it doesn't what does it look like?
 
#6 ·
i would say hes about 3-4 inches in length and here are some pics





So what do i got? a normal common albino pleco or a albino bristlenose pleco?
 
#8 ·
From the pictures I would say that they are not Bristlenose and they aren't albino either. This could just be from the pictures but they look nothing like any albino I have ever seen and at 3-4 inches they should have distinct barbels already. Might be a different species of albino but I don't know.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=49
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=4850

Check those images out and see if they even come close. I could not find a BN that matches your pictures.

The 3 BN plecos I had in the past were under 3 inches when I got them, 2 males and 1 female and they had very distinct bristles already and were very easy to distinguish male from female.
 
#16 ·
SeaSerpant said:
any idea of what would be a good replacement for that? like shrimp or some cories and catfish?
Otos, corydoras, Panaque maccus or Ancistrus.
 
#19 ·
any pics. and the chocolate albino there doesn't look anything like mine. i think there was a farowella in one of the tanks at my lfs i'll search it up. :D Any more ideas. any shrimp or anything?
 
#20 ·
SeaSerpant said:
for pictures of anstrius there are bristle nose plecos on google is that what they are?
The very same.
 
#21 ·
ok. i think i might get some cats and some more loaches and maybe 1 or 2 bristle noses to do the job. would this be ok?
 
#22 ·
SeaSerpant said:
ok. i think i might get some cats and some more loaches and maybe 1 or 2 bristle noses to do the job. would this be ok?
Is this for the 55g? If so, get two bristlenose plecs. More kuhli loaches are needed. Always keep every species of loach at a minimum number of 3. They should not be deprived of their company.
 
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#26 ·
SeaSerpant said:
do you see the bristles when it is a juvenile and if it doesn't what does it look like?
sorry if the question was answered already but im convinced that ive got one albino bristlenose pleco (and possibly another brown one) my albino is getting its bristles and its only 1 inch, if everyone is saying 3-4 inchs does that mean that i dont have a bristlenose?
 
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