Spotted Bristle Nose Pleco

[Menagerie]

Last night he was enjoying some zucchini and didn't notice me as I took as many pics of him as I could. Here are the three best ones for your enjoyment

 

[webmoose]

Great photos! Thanks for posting! I have his brother or sister or cousin in my tank...

 

[trent]

that is to cool! can i have him?lol
how do you feed them zucchini?

 

[madasafish]

Wow. I love it. Is this what's considered a "starry night" ancistrus, do you know?

Plecos don't have armored stomachs (I've dissected them for an ichthyologist--their stomachs are practically the only part of them that isn't covered in Kevlar-like material), so their coloration and markings usually come out better there--are more matte, undistrurbed by the armor plates. However, on most plecs, the stomach area isn't colored. You're really lucky to have a specimen that has markings, let alone such nice even spots, on its stomach!!

I've just transferred the 2 albino ancistrus I got from Brian to my main planted tank, and they look fantastic there. They've grown about 5 mm, prob (not much). They're the only plecs in the tank that actually do the job I hired them for--cleaning up the algae! Those Queen Arabesques and King Tigers are lazy bums!

 

[Menagerie]

Is this what's considered a "starry night" ancistrus, do you know?

I have no idea

how do you feed them zucchini?

I peel the zucchini and then slice it length wise. I have been using my Magfeeders and I love them. They make feeding zucchini so much easier and even my common pleco can't knock it off the glass!

 

[trent]

where can i get a magfeeder? i never seen any in my lfs.

 

[RogerMcAllen]

Follow the link in Menagerie's post, our check out our sponor forum.

 

[webmoose]

Wow. I love it. Is this what's considered a "starry night" ancistrus, do you know? !

These guys were not marked. Menagerie mentioned way back that her favorite store had bushynose plecs in...

I went and got one.. I think they are ther starry night pleco.. It looks like /i might have a female...


Thanks menagerie for pointing this guy out this fishy.. It got me started on plecos again.. I have a clown and the 2 albino bushynose....

 

[FawnN]

That he looks more like a she with the single row of bristles.

 

[BrianNY]

Great looking pleco Menagerie. Thanks for posting

 

[Fluff]

Awesome pleco Menagerie! Thanks for sharing.

 

[lighter]

Very good closeup, looks like a female!

 

[ploughking]

On close inspection my bristlenose looks rather spotty, but not in that way. More like a gold nugget pattern and colour, only not so bright. ?Rather a faded gold nugget cross with bristlenose!

 

[Menagerie]

Well, I hope my pleco is female. I was told that only males had branching. But if females have less bristles, I will be so happy. I'm not a big fan of lots of bristles~this pleco was bought by the insistence of my husband.

 

[Newbneedshelp]

how big is your pleco and how big can they get cause i want one for my new 40 gal!!

 

[Menagerie]

Not including tail, three inches. This pleco should reach 4-5", but keep in mind plecos are slow growing.

 

[TankGirl]

I've got 3 and only one has bristles, so I'm assuming the other two are females. They are very slow growing, for sure. To me, though, the more bristles the better - I think those tentacles my boy has are radical as heck! I like having a weird-looking fish lurking in the shadows of my otherwise typical community tank

Great pic, Menagerie- he was really showing off for you

 

[Toirtis]

Very nice...much prettier than my L034s!

 

[jake]

Nice looking fish! I feed my bristlenose zuchinni also. I usually peel the zuchinni in sort of a candy-cane pattern so that there is still some skin on it to keep it together, but so it's not solid skin and too tough. I blanch my zuchinni in the microwave and let it cool and it sinks like a rock. That magfeeder looks cool though!