So I know it's a bn but why is he still so tiny?
Supposed to be a calico https://imgur.com/a/1ovtA
Supposed to be a calico https://imgur.com/a/1ovtA
3 yr old bn still so small
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flitabout
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How tiny is tiny? My girl isn't huge but they don't normally get very big either way.
He's 3" max
flitabout
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How do you feed him? Mine goes through about a small zucchini, or small potato a week. I rarely feed wafers.
Wafers, zucchini, cucumbers
flitabout
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Well it sounds like you are doing everything right. So all I can think of he's just a small pleco. As long as he is eating well and appears healthy I wouldn't worry
I changed all my decor around yesterday so maybe he's just confused, he rarely ever comes out from his cave until I turn the lights off, so when I saw him on the glass I was like oh no whats going on
Brookster123
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It's gotta be the food?? I have a bn in my 75 sa cichlid tank and he is freaking monster. Almost 7". 2years old. That tank gets fed heavy on frozen foods and quality flake, maybe even some fresh eggs here and there??. Large weekly wcs.
I feed the tank heavily too, NLS flake, spirluina flake, frozen blood worms, tubifex, peas, zucchini brine shrimp, 50% weekly water changes, he doesn't eat off the drift wood only the rock which confuses me, it's not me I can tell you that much.
Yours must be crazy lol just found this
Bristlenose is one of the smallest tank catfish: its size is in the range from 8 to 15 cm (3,15-7 inches), but usually even the male fish size doesn’t exceed 15 cm (5 in).
Bristlenose is one of the smallest tank catfish: its size is in the range from 8 to 15 cm (3,15-7 inches), but usually even the male fish size doesn’t exceed 15 cm (5 in).
Brookster123
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It's a monster
Brookster123
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This is a big guy
So it's not uncommon for them to be 3-7" I thought he might be stunted but he's in a 55 gallon, I haven't got a ruler and measured him, he might be 3.5-4" but he's definitely on the smaller side, he NEVER comes out of his cave so maybe that might be why he's so small, he's scared of every movement in the tank so he only comes out with the lunars on.
coralbandit
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Yours looks mature with bristles and all.
I have 2 super red females that are 3 inches tops .They have been in my 180 eating driftwood and what ever for 4+ years .I got them in July of 2013 and they were a 1/2 inch.
Not all BNP get big ,I thought that was the real attraction to them ?
I have 2 super red females that are 3 inches tops .They have been in my 180 eating driftwood and what ever for 4+ years .I got them in July of 2013 and they were a 1/2 inch.
Not all BNP get big ,I thought that was the real attraction to them ?
Brookster123
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Can't upload pic.
Yes that's why I got him because I knew I would go planted and i didn't want a big pleco destroying the plant's, what I don't get is why he will never eat off the wood only the THR. He'll latch onto the zucchini, cucumbers and Wafers though but then it's right back to hiding.
Brookster123
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Looks big but doesn't look 7" from the picture, yes pictures can be deceiving I'm not questioning you
coralbandit
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I don't feed mine any real veggies in the 180..They get veggie pellets but competition for food is tough .
They work for their food and are usually easily found out on the wood..
They work for their food and are usually easily found out on the wood..
Could it be the wood I have as it's not bog wood, it's Malaysian
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