Female Albino Bristlenose Pleco
The bristlenose is an algae eating machine.
Female albino bristlenose pleco. During this time the male will clean the eggs and aerate them with his tail. Additionally the female ones are smaller than the male version. While many suckermouth catfish species have yet to be bred on any major scale in aquariums the bushy nose pleco is one of the most easily and often bred pleco species in the aquarium.
The bristlenose pleco ancistrus spp is a much better option over the common pleco for hobbyists because they only get to about 6 inches in size sometimes smaller depending on the species there are lots of species in the ancistrus genus. Brown gray or olive body with white or light yellow spots. Pair of pectoral and abdominal fins.
Mike fishlore admin social media. There is also albino and long finned albino pleco it doesn t differ from the ordinary one but for the coloring and the fins length. The males have visibly longer bristles which grow out on the top and towards the center of their heads while the females have smaller bristles which grow more around the snout margins.
A common pleco is more of a leopard pattern and can be wider. 4 5 inches 10 13 cm growth rate. Breeding albino bristlenose plecos.
Tentacle like appendages on their head upon maturity. Bristlenose pleco ancistrus cirrhosus. Telling male and female albino bristlenose plecos apart is quite easy.
Bristlenose pleco bristlenose catfishes ancistrus bushy nose pleco. Size how big do they get small. Cirrhosus albino also known as the albino bushynose or bushymouth pleco is a member of the loricariidae family of south american suckermouth catfishes.
Advisable to keep in 50 liters or 13 gallons. The female should be taken. These bristlenose plecos can be very expensive.
Bristlenose pleco bristlenose catfish bushymouth catfish brushmouth pleco. Care and keeping in a tank. With proper care 5 6 years.
The female bristlenose pleco will then guard over the cave while the pair waits for the eggs to hatch. By that size a female bristlenose may have a small ring of bristles around the front. Updated august 5 2019 author.
Usually the eggs will hatch after 4 to 10 days. To identify male from female albino bristlenose plecos know that the male bristlenose have larger bristles whereas the female ones have bristles around the mouth. When the male bristlenose is ready to breed he will start to hollow out a cave and clean out the surface.
The bristles start growing when they become sexually mature.
