think the lfs ripped me again

[fishnutham]

I just bought a baby bristlenose pl*co today he has all the right markings and color but no bristles showing checked my books and the net all the ones i seen have bristles is this the case or do some take a while to come out ? help needed here because i'm fed up with this fish store

[rallysman]

Mine is about 2.5" and is showing bristles on his nose....cost me about $6

[fishnutham]

heres a pic not a good one in fact looked thru 2 fish atlas and a cat book can't identfy it cost me 12.00 cdn only one in the tank labeled b nose

[Pout]

Looks like a trinidad pleco (common pleco) to me.

Pout

[Gooda]

well, I don't know what it is, but I don't think that it is a bushy nose anything.

My best guess, is that its a mutt of some type? I really dont know, or a tooth nose, but those usually have a black body and yellow spots. But I really have no idea. But long story short, you didn't get what you were after, but on the flip side you might have gotten out of the store with a more expensive fish then you paid for.

[T1KARMANN]

well i dont know much about ID for plecos but one thing i do think is the male brisle nose has the bushy nose the female doesnt

i may be wrong though

[fishnutham]

i think your right its a ancistrus dolichopterus (bristlenose)but a female its one of the oldest varietys of bristle nose from what i can find----- there is far to many ancistrus sp out there


calling oddball or guppy help us out here ?


http://www.fishtanksandponds.net/images/photo-pages/ancistrus-dolichopterus1.htm

[thefishofdoom]

ya female bristlenose have small to no bristle's on there nose at all

[quix]

it is a bristlenose..but a female one...

[redtailfool]

Judging from the pics on planetcatfish, it really does look like a Female Bristlenose

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/ancistru/49_7.PHP

[rweedon]

It is most definately without a doubt a female bristlenose and not a trinidad! Just look at it, it is armored!!!

[rayman45]

FEMALES DONT HAVE THE NOSE BRISTLES

[fishnutham]

FEMALES DONT HAVE THE NOSE BRISTLES



LOL your right only prob now is i have two more that are female also look the same one but with the white tips on the tail ever time i go to p/u a male
they dont have any so i buy a female this or that and a lrg ancistrus which i still havent figured the speices yet by the time i get around to breeding this puppies they might be worth something

[bullibudget]

YEAH MATE ITS A FEMALE BRISTLE NOSE ALRIGHT I'VE GOT SIXTY YOUNG IN A TANK WITH 2 PAIRS AND THEY JUST KEEP PRODUCING..... THE MALES DO ALL THE BROODING AND THE FEMALES JUST LAY THE EGGS ..... FEED THEM PLENTY OF GREENS AND YOU'LL HAVE HEAPS OF YOUNGINS IN NO TIME.... GO BACK TO THE LFS AND GET A COUPLE MORE.... IF YOU WHERE IN AUSTRALIA I'D GIVE YOU SIX AND YOU'D BE LAUGHIN"

[fishnutham]

lol one mans garbage is another mans treasure you mates in australia have all the good fish life not fair :) used to find tons of males here but everyone wants the funny looking fish that cleans the algae me i just love plecos !

[stotty]

first one is male Bristlenose second female.




Male have the characteristic bristles on his snout and round his mouth. The female (depending on type) may have one or two just around the top edge of her snout or none at all.

[guppy]

i think your right its a ancistrus dolichopterus (bristlenose)but a female its one of the oldest varietys of bristle nose from what i can find----- there is far to many ancistrus sp out there


calling oddball or guppy help us out here ?


http://www.fishtanksandponds.net/images/photo-pages/ancistrus-dolichopterus1.htm
I don't know squat about plecos but have read that the females don't have bristles, they were almost once classed as a different species.

[fishnutham]

I don't know squat about plecos but have read that the females don't have bristles, they were almost once classed as a different species.

they should be went through 3 volumes of aquarium atlas no luck and a cat book finally found the one on planet catfish i'll tell ya i should have stuck with neons lol

[rust9000]

It is a bristle nose, but if it is small and a female then it is most likley it is still a bristle nose.
Females dont get may bristols and youngseters dont have any so you could have a female bristole nose.

[MYGOBYRULES]

My male bristle did not have any showing when I bought him. It took a few months for them to show. My female is full grown and hardly has a trace of a bristle. So you are correct in saying males=bristles females= no bristles

[MYGOBYRULES]

Here is a pic of my bristle pair. As you can see the female is much bigger and still has no bristles.

[catfishchris]

i have a male 3" hasnt grown in years

[fishnutham]

Here is a pic of my bristle pair. As you can see the female is much bigger and still has no bristles.

just lost my second one tonight :(

i've lost a magum and an adonis too this week :swear: apt building where i live has been screwing around with the water pipes and heaters all month something is poisoning the tanks water have to get it analayesed i wont even drink it now and am scared of changing my tanks water every time something dies i'm getting a little pissed.