Need help with a pleco ID please!

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Mrs.h2012

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When I bought my albino pleco, LFS told me it would get half the size of commons. I have it in a 55g currently. This is a picture I took today. Any help is appreciated!
 

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Is that an Albino Common Pleco or an Albino BN Pleco? I can't tell from the picture? If it's an Abino BN then they usually only get around 4 inches. Can't say if it's an albino common, if there even is one.
 
Is that an Albino Common Pleco or an Albino BN Pleco? I can't tell from the picture? If it's an Abino BN then they usually only get around 4 inches. Can't say if it's an albino common, if there even is one.

It doesn't have the bristles like pictures I've seen on google. Here's a closer picture of him if his helps. And the nasty green looking stuff on the filter intake is what's left of a zucchini piece I fed him yesterday, please ignore it lol.
 

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Her eyes are red and it looks like it's an albino bn pleco to me. Young ones don't have bristles so only time will tell if it a male or female.
 
They don't get bristles till they grow almost full grown either it took mine forever to get its bristles
 
I have one of those little guys too. I e read only males get the bristles and they don't get them till their grown or close to it I think. But from what I've read about them they get about 5" mine still small like yours.
 
Glad to know you think it's a bristlenose, Rivercats! I was worried it was gonna be a common and be to big for my tank, I'm already really attached to it!
 
I have one of those little guys too. I e read only males get the bristles and they don't get them till their grown or close to it I think. But from what I've read about them they get about 5" mine still small like yours.

Longfin Albino BN are slightly smaller than regualar BNP's.
 
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