Not your basic BN...ancistrus sp. 'white tip' or what?

nonamethefish · Post by **nonamethefish** » 26 Feb 2004, 00:46

If you guys need an underside pic,I could get one. Not sure, but it is probably wild caught. It has white tips not only on the dorsal but also on the tips of the tail fin.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 26 Feb 2004, 00:57

pic doesnt work

DeepFriedIctalurus · Post by **DeepFriedIctalurus** » 26 Feb 2004, 04:01

The pic didn't work for me earlier either, but for some odd reason it seems to be now.

This looks like most common Ancistrus, closely matching the tank-raised species... Which may or may not be A. dolichopterus. Quite a few of em sport the white-tipped fins so it's really no sure thing for an ID. It does have an odd pattern of light blotches on it, which could be stress colors if it was forced out of it's cave for the shot.

Sorry I don't have any better news...the "common" types are the hardest to identify.

Tyler

nonamethefish · Post by **nonamethefish** » 26 Feb 2004, 04:39

This cat was foraging for food when this shot was taken. Its been in the tnak for a week and a half, so that may or may not be stress color. She sports that all the time.

DeLBoD · Post by **DeLBoD** » 26 Feb 2004, 08:12

Those white patches look like some kind of protozoan infection to me.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 26 Feb 2004, 15:44

I can't see the picture but white flashes on the tail of a common bristlenose are likely to be a juvenile feature--they'll disappear eventually.

nonamethefish · Post by **nonamethefish** » 26 Feb 2004, 22:57

Those of you who can't see it, try refreshing your browser.

Okay, now I know what you mean by white splotches. Im unsure of what those mean, but no they arent present all the time(ruling out infection). My only guess is that she shows them when she's uncomfy(like eating under bright light or prehaps the camera) or when she's in bright light. The form to "glasses" on her back, and two streaks from her eye to her lips. I could get pics of the second markings.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 27 Feb 2004, 18:15

nonamethefish wrote:try refreshing your browser

Still can't see it.

Wildwood · Post by **Wildwood** » 28 Feb 2004, 20:07

she looks a lot like our plec:

Twinkle

I posted on this forum asking for an ID and it appears she is a standard Ancistrus, not a starlight which we originally thought. (Link to that thread: http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... 5017#35017 )

Ours also gets these white patches occasionally, i've been wondering what they are....

nonamethefish · Post by **nonamethefish** » 28 Feb 2004, 22:52

http://aquahobby.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=10166

Lets see if it works on a different boards script for you. It works fine here, on Planetcatfish, it only works spontaneously. How odd.. This is a head and belly shot.

http://aquahobby.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=10182
At the bottom of this thread is the pic posted here. He's nibbling on some flakes in that photo, not a normal pose.

Wood · Post by **Wood** » 01 Mar 2004, 14:56

Hello again Wildwood! Your last guestion with pictures was taken off before I found out how you made out with identity? The white blotches are quite common on a number of my plecos,and it is entirely a mood indicator.

micahgee · Post by **micahgee** » 01 Mar 2004, 17:44

I'm pretty sure plecos are not supposed to be that blotchy, regardless or stress or coloration. I had a "common" pleco look like that after a ammonia spike. However, it was transfered to a quarantine tank which was "algaefied" and the little guy was nursed back to health.

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 01 Mar 2004, 18:35

noname, that fish looks nearly -exactly- like two of my female BN, species unknown, really...