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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(1) Young male - Click to enlarge
Young male

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(3) Male guarding eggs (which are underneath him) - Click to enlarge
Male guarding eggs (which are underneath him)

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(5) Male - Click to enlarge
Male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(6) Male with eggs - Click to enlarge
Male with eggs

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(7) Adult female - Click to enlarge
Adult female

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(8) Close-up of head - Click to enlarge
Close-up of head

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(9) Newly hatched fry in rearing tank - Click to enlarge
Newly hatched fry in rearing tank

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(10) Adult female - Click to enlarge
Adult female

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(11) Pair with eggs - Click to enlarge
Pair with eggs

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(12) Adult Male - Click to enlarge
Adult Male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(13) Young male - Click to enlarge
Young male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(14) Dorsal view of juvenile - Click to enlarge
Dorsal view of juvenile

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(15) Close-up of male
Close-up of male's head tentacles

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(16) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge
Dorsal view

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(17) Male - wild caught - possibly the original species or at least one of those involved? - Click to enlarge
Male - wild caught - possibly the original species or at least one of those involved?

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(18) With clutch of eggs - Click to enlarge
With clutch of eggs

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(19) Close-up of head of male - Click to enlarge
Close-up of head of male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(20) Piebald variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(21) Piebald variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(22) Piebald variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(23) Piebald variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(24) Adult Male - Click to enlarge
Adult Male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(25) Piebald variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(26) Head-on view of albino male - Click to enlarge
Head-on view of albino male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(27) Close-up of head of piebald male - Click to enlarge
Close-up of head of piebald male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(28) Youngsters feasting on brussels sprout leaves - Click to enlarge
Youngsters feasting on brussels sprout leaves

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(29) Albino female - Click to enlarge
Albino female

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(32) Albino male and juvenile - Click to enlarge
Albino male and juvenile

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(33) Albino - Click to enlarge
Albino

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(35) Male albino veiltail - Click to enlarge
Male albino veiltail

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(36) Albino - Click to enlarge
Albino

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(37) Piebald veiltail variety - Click to enlarge
Piebald veiltail variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(38) Close-up of mouth of male - Click to enlarge
Close-up of mouth of male

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(39) Pair - Click to enlarge
Pair

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(40) Stamp - Click to enlarge
Stamp

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(41) Veiltail - Click to enlarge
Veiltail

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(42) Stress colouration - Click to enlarge
Stress colouration

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(44) Veiltail - Click to enlarge
Veiltail

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(45) Males - Click to enlarge
Males

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(46) Veiltail - Click to enlarge
Veiltail

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(47) - Click to show video
Video - Pair spawning

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(48) Veiltail - Click to enlarge
Veiltail

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(49) One day old fry - Click to enlarge
One day old fry

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(50) Five day old fry - Click to enlarge
Five day old fry

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(51) Close-up of mouth - Click to enlarge
Close-up of mouth

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(56) Ventral view - Click to enlarge
Ventral view

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(57) Calico variety - Click to enlarge
Calico variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(58) Calico variety - Click to enlarge
Calico variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(59) Calico variety - Click to enlarge
Calico variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(60) Albino with newly hatched fry - Click to enlarge
Albino with newly hatched fry

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(61) Longfin amelanistic form - Click to enlarge
Longfin amelanistic form

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(62) Super red variety - Click to enlarge
Super red variety

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(63) Dorsal view of albino - Click to enlarge
Dorsal view of albino

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Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(65) Close up of head, Super red - Click to enlarge
Close up of head, Super red

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(66) Super red, male. - Click to enlarge
Super red, male.

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(67) Female - Click to enlarge
Female

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus(68) Group of Super Red - Click to enlarge
Group of Super Red

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Scientific Name

Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus        

Common Name(s)

Abn (English, Internet), Albino Bristlenose Catfish, Albino Veiltail Catfish, Ancistrus sp(3), Bn (English, Internet), Bushynose Catfish, Common Bristlenose Catfish, Piebald Bristlenose, Veiltail Bristlenose

Pronunciation

an SISS truss

Etymology

The name Ancistrus is derived from the Greek word agkistron, meaning hook, in reference to the interopercular odontodes that are hooked. 

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Size

125mm (4.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Mature males and sometimes females have soft tentacles (bushy fleshy growths) on the snout - this is unique to the genus Ancistrus.

The common Bristlenose is commonly captive bred appears impossible to identify to species primarily due to a lack of original locality information but also because tens of undescribed congeners exist. It is not assigned to species here for that reason. It is sometimes thought to be a hybrid, however it is not easy to determine if it is so or not. Several man made variants exist: piebald, albino and long-fin (veiltail) varieties have been bred in a captivity.

Sexing

Males have head tentacles, females do not.

General Remarks

This species was known as Ancistrus sp(3) in the Cat-eLog from February 1997 until August 2008, it will likely still commonly be referred to under this name for some time and even its current designation is a little tentative. For these reasons we've left "sp(3)" as a common name.

Jump to next section Habitat Information

Distribution

South America

pH

5.8 - 7.2

Temperature

21.5-26.5°C or 70.7-79.7°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Relatively undemanding.

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Feeding

It is thought that elements in bogwood, particularly lignin, may form an essential part of Bristlenose diet. Certainly they have the immensely long guts common to vegetarians, and although they fall avidly on the occasional meal of live food or prawns, the bulk of their diet must be composed of vegetable matter. If a high protein diet is fed constantly, then they will become prone to stomach disorders. Vegetable roughage keeps the gut in working order, and bogwood is a valuable addition to this.
Fry will feed from free-swimming on the same diet as parents. It may help to blanch vegetables when feeding young fry, as it helps them rasp off the food stuff.

Furniture

In the aquarium they prefer a strong water current with lots of oxygen, and require plenty of hiding places. Bogwood is ideal for this, as it is not only attractive to look at and provides plenty of shelter. Although they are vegetarian, they do not feed on water plants either naturally or in the aquarium, and your treasured collection of cryptocorynes will not only remain uneaten, but the Bristlenose will carefully and gently graze each leaf, removing any covering of algae that may form.

Compatibility

They are gentle and unassuming fish, and can be kept in community tanks with the most timid of inhabitants. Even tiny fry will be left unharmed once free-swimming.

Suggested Tankmates

All community fish, small to medium sized cichlids.

Breeding

See catfish of the month article.

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Registered Keepers

(1) discuscat (p: 2), (2) MatsP (p: 6, k: 64), who also notes: "I started with one that turned out to be a female, then got a male, and now I don't know quite how many I've got. One hundred is probably a bit low.", "Two large albino's and some others are in this tank, for keeping it clean.", "The sons/daughters of the pair I gave Richard B. Now all but two albino (male + female) sold.", "Two babies, keeping the glass clean and growing out.", "One albino Juvie growing out.", (3) Birger (k: 5), (4) synoguy, (5) DeepFriedIctalurus (k: 3), (6) natefrog, (7) Iwona, (8) Dick F., (9) boyneburn, (10) mikey, (11) daniel60, (12) Stephen, (13) CatBrat (p: 2), (14) xingumike, (15) hoplo (k: 350), (16) dewitt_discus, (17) ali12345 (k: 20), (18) fish fodder (k: 2), (19) Barbie (k: 440), (20) plecoready, (21) Trident2004, (22) vriesea (k: 12), who also notes: "Bought 6 long fin albino from Mainly Cichlids. Had 5 albino that were bought over the past year. Have one full grown male (black) that has bred before. Bought 6 more long fin albino at auction ($22).", (23) Jools (k: 2), (24) Lornek8, (25) Argentum (k: 11), (26) husky_jim (k: 171), (27) bronzefry, (28) sherry44, (29) amergim (p: 2), (30) livebearium, (31) bikerman6660, (32) Travis_Conklin, (33) gage, (34) Henry Di Cristofano, (35) arabesque, (36) zhallam (k: 3), (37) cats4me, (38) mattmccready, (39) Elspeth (k: 8), (40) drgold (k: 9), (41) alenate (k: 4), who also notes: "Breeding group", (42) call_apple (k: 50), who also notes: "I've had 2 albino spawning and 2 calico spawning. ", (43) Foster9011, who also notes: "Males have longer and more bristles than females. These fish come in a wide variaty of colors and types.I had two of these that I traded a clown pleco for, but one jumped out a day after I got it and my dog ate it. I have one 3 inch black and red female ancistrus. It lives a good life in my guppy tank with three peppered cory cats and some striped dw", (44) mikelouth, (45) NEONCORY (k: 6), (46) stang1 (k: 2), (47) azfisher (k: 18), who also notes: "aLBINO VARIETY", (48) woofess (p: 2), (49) pureplecs (k: 10), who also notes: "Calico and Albino, long finned and short finned", (50) Topaztas, (51) petri, (52) Albinoblackcatfish, (53) VirgoWolf, (54) Blue (k: 115), (55) ani-mal-lvr, (56) FuglyDragon (k: 4), who also notes: "numerous spawns Std and Albino / Golden", (57) foffo (k: 2), (58) Daragh (k: 100), who also notes: "3 adult males and 3 adult females. Young from egg to 6 months.", (59) apistomaster (k: 6), who also notes: "Began breeding normal and albinos commercially 2004 but stopped once my rarer plecos began breeding successfully. I keep them around as algae eaters sometimes moving them as needed.", (60) fballguy, (61) Teelie (k: 5), who also notes: "Have had one successful spawn with two adults but all fry eaten by tankmates (Clown Loaches, Red Tail Black Shark, Yo-yo Loaches) in a 55g. Going to give another try in a 40g breeder with more peaceful tankmates.", (62) Kenneth Wong, (63) certan, (64) mzavori (k: 2), (65) Zigismund (k: 4), who also notes: " Cool and easy fish breeds like rabbits!!", (66) Owch, (67) Cicolid, (68) HylaChristine (p: 4), (69) morkaren, (70) loafingloach, (71) Igowoof, (72) deathjelly (k: 5), who also notes: "Acquired @ 1.5-2" long.", (73) artemis1, (74) killerklown, (75) smithrc, (76) Bobtailvw22, (77) dixon1990, (78) Tom88, who also notes: "Very good at cleaning algae!", (79) dr_evil_01, who also notes: "Piebald Variety", (80) Threefingers (k: 2), (81) Allie72 (k: 4), who also notes: "Breeding pair and fry", (82) gixir (k: 6), (83) Darren C, (84) AngJo, (85) einstein-a-go-go, (86) bluenewt, (87) greigzee (k: 3), (88) Bas Pels (p: 2), (89) Revol (k: 3), (90) matthi22004, (91) anthony mcdonald (k: 16), (92) Hammerhead (k: 2), who also notes: "Both specimens are albino. The only ones to finally remove my brown algae.", (93) thebirdofprey (k: 446), who also notes: "I raise albino longfins, calico regular fin, calico longfins and brown longfin bristlenose.", (94) Bengt F (k: 5), (95) jjkolodz (k: 11), (96) yogi69 (k: 11), who also notes: "10 x long fin + 1 x common ancistrus", (97) Belial, (98) norms, (99) Psy, (100) Dan Steveo (p: 2), (101) YSR50 (k: 4), (102) Helmut, (103) rimbaudsarm, (104) unkaface (p: 3), (105) Yannalau (p: 2), (106) holing007, (107) Bigpig (k: 4), (108) Invader_Kitty, (109) whiteymoza, (110) Carp37 (p: 2, k: 81), who also notes: "Over 240 juveniles sold on in last year but I'm still getting overrun with juveniles- currently occupying 3 tanks", "Juveniles growing out from trio (1m 2f) in 30" tank- now about 2.75-3" SL", (111) Lydia, (112) Selveste_Preben (k: 30), (113) amcmaster (k: 21), who also notes: "1 pair of common bristlenose breed first time 1/10/07 (34) 1 Male albino/common female pair 1 female albino bristlenose 1 male peppermint Bristlenose 3 longfin Bristlenose Common pair have breed 4 times the up to 174 fry ", (114) Gopherboy (k: 2), (115) helshøj, (116) Caimenboy, (117) jollysue (k: 35), who also notes: "lf dwarf albino (with fry) and abn, about 12 marbles", (118) invaderwithkey, (119) Snowy (k: 30), who also notes: "20 brown Commons, 10 Albino ", (120) Walter, (121) kagal, (122) steelhorse, (123) Mrs.JP, (124) Plecofanatic1989 (k: 2), (125) Smilingpiranha (k: 3), (126) obik101, (127) L127 (k: 2), (128) goodmike (k: 4), (129) krazyGeoff (k: 23), (130) Joren56 (k: 154), who also notes: "First bred : 21/06/2008 Bought 2 albinos : 30/12/2010", (131) KnaveTO (k: 3), (132) corydoras, (133) fraggle, (134) glenny, (135) lizimal (k: 4), (136) Firestorming (k: 12), (137) cmfoggy (k: 5), (138) pLaurent1251, (139) Lightbringer (k: 4), (140) tezr (k: 8), who also notes: "Great small pleco", (141) PepperedGary (k: 24), (142) Qaddiction, (143) therlinger, (144) nooneknows (k: 150), (145) scouse_andy (k: 2), (146) Suckermouth (k: 2), (147) norfolkgarden (k: 3), who also notes: "2 2.5inch male albinos and 1 4inch male pucipalla(?). Great personality. The best pleco's for wandering the tank without fresh food being present! 2 2.5inch male albinos and 1 4inch male pucipalla(?). Great personality. The best pleco's for wandering the tank without fresh food being present!", (148) limed (p: 5), (149) Simian, (150) jb92 (k: 4), (151) Troender (k: 8), (152) Ghan (k: 42), who also notes: "These fish are awesome great appearance with cool armoured plates. Very easy to breed, just brought large male and female, female was full of eggs when I brought her. A few slices of zuchinni and about a month later in a 2 month old tank and viola!", (153) CoryLoachFreak, (154) Cdn Glenwood, (155) Loracidlover (k: 94), (156) myrheksa (k: 35), (157) longstocking, (158) naturalart, (159) Scubaguy (k: 2), (160) poel_19 (p: 2), (161) TrickyT (p: 2), (162) firenzenz (k: 7), (163) synodontisjack, (164) fivespeed302, (165) AleGer (k: 34), (166) TheSpuDGuN, (167) Christine, who also notes: "This fish is a breed from my mom's tank. She is breeding the catfish. A nice fish, wich is active in daytime.", (168) knusperfunk (k: 2), (169) lbriquet, (170) uknavynigel (k: 3), (171) rtw (k: 2), (172) 55GReefer, (173) JohnB, (174) weisel (k: 3), (175) ACMEexp (k: 3), (176) miravns, (177) addictinganimal, (178) AU Chief, (179) Mandrake, (180) aledk85 (k: 5), who also notes: "3 common 2 albino", (181) Suncoastscott, (182) Mariea, (183) daryn39, (184) calsonic (k: 3), (185) loachy_406, who also notes: "Likes to eat most things, including the paint off the fake rock.", (186) joepleco, (187) Numbers (k: 122), (188) worldwide73, (189) Moosipher, who also notes: "Veiltail hybrid ", (190) oxdeleon, (191) aaalrust, (192) kabaltah (k: 12), (193) Dongjin-Kang (k: 5), (194) plumbob3VRK6J5, (195) The Highlander (p: 3), (196) DaveW (k: 9), who also notes: "Growing out several calico longfin, some brown and some albino longfin. Couple of brown and albino shortfin for tank clearners also. Had some adults die off on me, one jumped and I had some water quality problems so lost most of my adults.", (197) Lubbe, (198) Tasplec (k: 14), (199) iam1ru12, who also notes: "Mine is an albino.", (200) JimHitchiner (k: 8), (201) PGR (k: 5), (202) River Dog (k: 2), (203) zedogz (p: 3), (204) glyde (k: 8), (205) AimsPink, (206) koter73, (207) djtonyel (k: 40), (208) Piscis (p: 2), (209) alexniemira (k: 6), who also notes: "i have to many of these fish! >.>", (210) chalkvandam (k: 9), (211) cathje (k: 24), (212) Joeytoe, (213) Liam50LB, (214) speedy231278 (k: 2), (215) blurock, (216) nashnut (k: 11), (217) NewFishKeeper, (218) Clammage, (219) bert (k: 2), (220) flowaz (k: 3), (221) ray_c (p: 5), (222) Nick44 (k: 22), who also notes: "Adult Pair plus Juveniles (20 is a guess including a couple of Albino babies from the normal coloured parents)", (223) a2fishguy (k: 9), (224) junaid, (225) Kingmickyb (k: 2), who also notes: "Seem to be sensitive to something, maybe nitrates. The current pair are my last, if they die then i'll give up on ancistrus. It is possible that the previous ones were too small, less than 1 inch.", (226) BrownBullhead (k: 156), (227) Marguarretthe (p: 3), (228) retchub (p: 3), (229) Blaarontjes (p: 2), (230) stratofish, (231) Sandtiger (p: 2, k: 5), (232) ranmasan, who also notes: "Some spotting towards the tail has become slightly larger in pattern, but still doesn't look like traditional cirrhosus (formerly resembled "Columbia" most closely). Very lively and active in tank :).", (233) munki (p: 2), (234) evesonevo (k: 6), who also notes: "4 are albinos 2 are "brazil" species", (235) Khalid, (236) s2man, (237) tophat665 (k: 6), who also notes: "Mated pair in one tank, the other three males and one juvi each in other community tanks. Two of the males are albinos.", (238) Phoxinus (k: 20), (239) smegforbrains (p: 2), (240) p3purr, (241) Wgm (k: 2), (242) Xplode (k: 3), (243) ash104a, (244) theonetruepath, who also notes: "All albinos", (245) maxiho, (246) _Green_, (247) fusco (k: 12), (248) fishmosy (k: 304), who also notes: "Breeding, with two spawns per month", (249) Juand15 (p: 2), (250) blufox (k: 3), (251) gregs1443, (252) fleahound (k: 3), (253) ridley25 (p: 2), (254) Tracey, (255) LRKeefer (k: 36), (256) Breezer, (257) deviating, (258) fishbguy (k: 2), (259) Lilia21, (260) Reza.Sadri, (261) shaunypoo (k: 3), who also notes: "Spawned approximately 40 fry, with about 1/4 albino. Father, fry, and breeding cave moved to temporary spawning tank.", (262) Static, (263) andycapdnz (p: 2, k: 5), (264) ahodge84 (p: 2, k: 6), (265) hotsauce48, who also notes: " likes hiding", (266) DrunkenPanda (p: 2, k: 4), (267) emperorted (k: 2), (268) I_Xeno, (269) luver_of_fish, (270) pbyrley, (271) neelhound (k: 2), (272) AI27, (273) DaveCF, (274) Wraith (k: 2), (275) fischkringli (k: 28), who also notes: "1 black male 1 brown male 1 albino female 1 orange unknown subadult 10 black juveniles 14 albino juveniles ", (276) kaleidoskope, (277) maddrell, (278) carolynkline (p: 2), (279) redstallion02 (k: 10), (280) Camaroahopp, (281) anglerfishuk, (282) mgamer20o0, (283) masterplan, (284) Mike C, (285) Richard B (k: 2), who also notes: "Got from MatsP at the CSG convention. big pair went into a separate tank where they bred 2 Apr 09 40/60 albino split, 3rd spawning in June", (286) abnmommy (p: 2, k: 53), (287) nomuken (k: 26), (288) h2opleco, (289) timkel, (290) chalky76, (291) Lakatu, (292) judeblackburn (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "albino ", (293) NINOOVCOV, (294) Bristlenose 94, (295) tcmfish (k: 3), (296) suprabiatch (k: 5), (297) Chris5787 (k: 2), (298) bigcatsrus, (299) djinn75 (p: 4), (300) jiapei, (301) AlaskanCorydoras (p: 2), (302) aznfish (k: 10), (303) Hitch (k: 3), who also notes: "Calio shortfin", (304) mdfa.ca, (305) Cory_lover, (306) fishkeeper, (307) scalvinfish, (308) francistrus, (309) amt4470, (310) ozarowana (p: 2), (311) DJ-don (k: 4), who also notes: "My Males are very aggressive when any fish go near their cave. only certain females are allowed. Males also so seemed to chase off other bns or any other fish when near food too.", (312) lokii_37, (313) dr_philatelist, (314) miss_miriam_86, (315) Greggyfest, (316) Raptor (k: 8), (317) jeff@zina.com, (318) ucdxmisty, (319) jprp (p: 2, k: 300), (320) Derzel, (321) flappinganimal, (322) leej24 (k: 53), (323) gr8plecos, (324) Sumners83, (325) raymond, (326) Lesley_B, (327) elle_1313 (p: 3), (328) schoie, (329) lnumbers63 (k: 2), who also notes: "2 albinos. The female I have had for over 2 years. The male is younger and have had him for about 6 months (as at 25/10/2009. Great fish to keep. They stand out against the wood in the tank and they are very much diurnal and not shy.", (330) stuart264 (p: 2, k: 4), (331) oli (k: 3), (332) arcsb (k: 2), (333) ayrtoninst (k: 4), (334) niallborwell, (335) J-Lia, (336) Kyleonfire (k: 2), who also notes: "Fantastic pleco. Great algae eater and all-around scavenger. My most recommended pleco.", (337) drpleco (k: 83), (338) 2wheelsx2 (p: 5, k: 13), who also notes: "These were moved to the 125 some time in the summer.", "One died in the summer. Calico variant. All passed with the unknown infection in January.", "2 juvie long finned Calico variety from Davej.", "2 calico LFBN from Davej", (339) SilverFlame819 (k: 2), who also notes: "1 also in 16 Hex tank, since his highness the leopard frog plec doesn't eat algae. Highly effective little cleaners. 2 of them stripped my 10-gallon algae-covered tank in only a few days.", (340) LowClassCC, (341) via_mala, (342) asxu (k: 2), who also notes: "Had a batch of eggs layed on Christmas Day (2009), which have now hatched and are growing quite steadily - unsure of numbers yet.", (343) lethalcustoms00, (344) johnw63, (345) d3n2 (p: 3, k: 8), who also notes: "Albino", (346) David Fnt (k: 3), (347) barneybulldog, (348) shazarna (k: 2), (349) Persephone, (350) Ullopincrate (k: 2), (351) Nx7 (k: 3), (352) PeterUK (k: 55), (353) WhiteLomu (k: 4), (354) dpk2313, (355) Industrial, (356) coelacanth, (357) fuzzytigerbird, (358) lhafvens, (359) Barracuda518 (k: 6), (360) EHEIM~ADDICT (p: 2), (361) andy75, (362) ocnluv13 (k: 2), (363) mamoo (k: 2), (364) stefanfischer (k: 102), (365) tazscroggy (k: 41), who also notes: "Phineas (Female) Camo (Male) Pinky (Albino Male) Peaches (Albino Female", (366) valladares, (367) shere khan (k: 152), (368) ravyk, (369) Kestrix, (370) robert521, (371) Tony, (372) Avinitlarge (p: 2, k: 2), (373) rdp50734, (374) Astrea, (375) cichlidman16yearsold, (376) darkruse, (377) Chacidae (k: 2), (378) xander (k: 22), (379) satony, (380) hossma, (381) musilvr4eva (k: 2), who also notes: "One albino longfin bristlenose and one bristlenose", (382) electrophyste (k: 2), (383) mummymonkey (k: 6), (384) TRD (p: 2, k: 15), who also notes: "Might be more than 10. There is both male and female and a variation of sizes from 2.5cm (1") up to 12-13cm (5"). If they breed I doubt any juveniles would survive since I got two polypterus senegalus albino in there too.", (385) ChanggyChinggy, (386) TheFishGuy, (387) Ozcattie, (388) Melander (p: 2, k: 55), (389) mattymodo, who also notes: "Just got these two of my aunt who's fish just breed like mad! Lovely wierd looking fish and their only kids.", (390) cpfc (k: 2), (391) arthos, who also notes: "lovely fish, show itself a lot and she is a greant cleaner!", (392) Hansen (p: 3, k: 6), who also notes: "Albino", "Albino/Gold", (393) wimmels, (394) huffmagx (k: 17), who also notes: "Purchased the Albino SF form and the ALbino LF form of this lovely little bristle nose. ", (395) Hellspawn (k: 22), (396) bulldogsimon (k: 2), (397) nixmix, (398) tspaceace68, (399) richoman_3, (400) hoody47, (401) verbal (k: 15), (402) crkinney (k: 3), (403) highoctane500, (404) jefflamb (k: 3), (405) otgarza, (406) wobbler (k: 3), (407) NC24, (408) fat cat (p: 5), (409) daniela (k: 4), (410) centropy (k: 2), who also notes: "Super Red Variant", (411) Steff_ (k: 2), (412) Brisch (p: 2), (413) phypes, (414) avianwing, (415) plecorocks, (416) 000, (417) alsvidur (p: 2, k: 2), (418) jabones, (419) TerryCherry (k: 7), who also notes: "Didnt know we'd had babies, spotted them at about 1/2 " long. Mother is albino, father is either albino or dark color, all babies dark color.", (420) PlatinumSM (k: 2), who also notes: "1 Albino Male & 1 Brown Long-Finned Male", (421) ginagv, who also notes: "ALBINO VERSION: "Shop-Vac" (husband named him) can you tell? He loves his zucchini and cucumber too..", (422) Dee (k: 2), (423) zebra1, (424) adrisdad (k: 2), (425) Acanthicus, (426) PanzerFodder, (427) tunafish, (428) saladin1, (429) Matt30, (430) hankinswood (k: 2), (431) excuzzzeme (k: 11), (432) andysfishhouse, (433) AndiH (k: 2), (434) MMK1996, (435) theblackrose1369, (436) mike h, (437) jimlaroche83 (p: 3, k: 6), (438) WoonyFishMan (p: 2, k: 17), (439) snakelover, (440) simmy (p: 2), (441) Dan101 (p: 2), (442) LaMPPoST, (443) Harry94 (k: 2), (444) uffe (p: 2, k: 4), (445) ltaylor88, (446) AquaristJoel (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Albino Bristlenose.", (447) syno321, (448) Taz (k: 4), (449) mangopleco (p: 2), (450) araceae (k: 3), (451) Quo (k: 5), (452) Darren Balch (k: 19), (453) littlebristlenose (p: 2, k: 400), who also notes: "Can be breed any most water conditions best starter catfish to breed. Female line is 22 years old.", (454) arapaimag (k: 200), (455) Anthonyck (p: 2, k: 4), who also notes: "One of original juvenile pair lost. Other has grown considerably. Second added later, which is also growing and thriving. After initial shyness, both are visible and enjoyed most of the time. All have been albino variety.", "Both turned out to be females, so I have two girls in one tank, and two boys in another. All are comfortable, so I am nervous to transplant anyone.", (456) bluestbluedog (k: 2), (457) leslie, (458) Deb, (459) madmacaw, (460) oszy77, (461) extratea, (462) bartian (k: 2), (463) financialfoodie (k: 2), who also notes: "Recieved my first (a female, probably juvienile) as a door prize at the March 2011 meeting", (464) theos911, (465) scrup, (466) linden09, (467) Draco Spectrum (k: 2), (468) tsvjus (p: 3, k: 3), (469) Starfish42 (p: 2, k: 4), who also notes: "I bought one of the males from the shop, together with a female. The female has since died, but for a while they spawned regularly. The other 3 are all home bred.", (470) reefdive, (471) pink_fish, (472) clydeboy (k: 2), who also notes: "I have one with grey/blue markings. 1 with cream/beige markings.", (473) MonsterTankMaster, (474) tagamasid1023 (k: 2), who also notes: "This ancistrus is one of my first plecos. It is very active and always on the lookout for something to consume. A bit territorial and aggressive towards smaller bottom-feeders.", (475) This Old Spouse, (476) Duster1971, (477) catfishhunter, (478) donpetty, (479) AquariumLover04 (p: 2, k: 3), (480) somethingpishy1, (481) corielover, who also notes: "This fish is awesome.", (482) xakkan (p: 2, k: 23), (483) andregurov (p: 2, k: 6), (484) Mata Negra (k: 2), (485) backstreetgambler, (486) milosz (k: 13), (487) Akeath, who also notes: "African Mopani wood is too hard for him to chew well, he does much better on Malaysian Driftwood. Very gentle and shy. Excellent algae eater.", (488) fahaka, (489) adcc, (490) krb (k: 6), (491) tiffanyjayne, (492) feesh (k: 2), (493) wendy333 (p: 2), (494) LMC1062, (495) den bruine, (496) jeff.l, (497) pixie (k: 4), (498) Terrycherry (k: 3), (499) Sargy60, (500) tomr (k: 8), (501) sendthis, (502) markmoten (p: 3, k: 9), (503) Alisana (p: 2), (504) anthonyking.

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