What kind of pleco is this?!?!

[Plecos4596]

I got him or her at the LPS and it didn't say what kind.



Sorry about the blur but please help thanks.

 

[Mcor]

Looks like my bristlenoses. He's a young one right?

 

[Plecos4596]

Looks like my bristlenoses. He's a young one right?

Yes it is.

 

[gemb1985]

I believe this is a clown pleco

 

[Mcor]

This is my pleco. He's a bristlenose. For comparison.

 

[Plecos4596]

But it doesn't have bristles and if it's a female bristlenose it should still have those little bristles.

 

[tarpon]

Not if it's a young female , and sometimes not at all, the bristles are used in males for breeding

 

[Plecos4596]

I think it's a male when males are young do they have bristles?

 

[Mcor]

No, I've got 6. Only one is just starting to show a tiny bit of bristle growing - it's the biggest one (around 3 inches, the rest are about 2 inches max). That's the one in the picture. You can see his little bro or sis in the background.

 

[Plecos4596]

Oh ok cool!

 

[Mcor]

Another way to know... How much did you spend? In my LFS, BN's are about £7 each and are the cheapest available. Others are much more expensive. I don't know how it is in US or other parts of the world (sorry, don't know where you are!).

 

[Mcor]

Here's his bristles just starting to grow.

 

[shellyx]

Looks just like my bnp

 

[Koikeeper99]

It's a female bristlenose females don't have bristles at all just look at mine!



Full grown and no bristles at all!

 

[Mcor]

Beautiful!! ^^

 

[Tetra1990]

Almost looks like a clown pleco.

 

[Mcor]

Clowns are stripy though aren't they? Google search says yes. This has stripy fins but a spotty body. My bnp's have stripy fins and spotty bodies.

 

[Koikeeper99]

Here is my dead clown it does have stripes.

 

[Cactuspixie]

Definitely a little BN. The girls make the best tank cleaners IMO.

 

[Koikeeper99]

Definitely a little BN. The girls make the best tank cleaners IMO.

I disagree haha my female is the lazy one and my male is the active one.