Pleco ID please

[JF Sirois]

I was sold this pleco as l052 butterfly albino pleco, I am looking online but can't really find what it really is. Could someone help me ID it and give advice on keeping them, they will be in a 20 gallon for now and will end in either my 75 or my 150. Thanks. Sorry for the blurry pictures. They are really small.

 

[kno4te]

Believe its a captive bred l183. Need some wood for food and algae wafers. Won’t get too big maybe 4inches.

 

[JF Sirois]

Believe its a captive bred l183. Need some wood for food and algae wafers. Won’t get too big maybe 4inches.

I don't think you can really see on the pictures, but they Have small White spots on their fins. A bit like a l144 albino has. Do you think it could be a l144 ? I looked up the l183 and the patterns doesn't look the same

 

[kno4te]

Hard to tell.

 

[Joshomaru]

I think the common name for that is long finned albino bristlenose. Will be an algae champ, and eat whatever you give it, but will love zucchini and such.

 

[JF Sirois]

I think the common name for that is long finned albino bristlenose. Will be an algae champ, and eat whatever you give it, but will love zucchini and such.

I think you could be right ! And the care would be a bit like a normal bristlenose

 

[thefredpit]

I think the common name for that is long finned albino bristlenose. Will be an algae champ, and eat whatever you give it, but will love zucchini and such.

I agree

I think you could be right ! And the care would be a bit like a normal bristlenose

It is the same care they just grow slow

 

[JF Sirois]

I agree



It is the same care they just grow slow

And how big would they get ? Just like a normal bristlenose or since they are a long fin and albino it Makes them stay a bit smaller ? And usually at what size would the bristles Start to appear ?

 

[phreeflow]

Lol...who the heck sold you that as an “L052 albino butterfly pleco”!? Talk about a creative name...cracks me up and makes me upset at the same time. Hope you didn’t pay too much.

It’s just a fairly common albino longfin bristlenose pleco...care is same as standard fin brown ones if that’s what you’re asking and they will grow just as large but with longer fins, obviously. They look pretty amazing when full grown. Bristles will become more noticeable at 2.5” SL and above.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I had a breeding pair of albino bristlenose plecos a while back and the male was 6 inches and the female was 5 inches so they can get to the same size as normal colored bristlenose plecos.