ID Bristlenose

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ID Bristlenose

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This is the best photos I could get of this guy...he is very active and loves his veggies but likes to move them into a position so that he has privacy munching on them...I know he is bristlenose as I can see some small bristles forming now...but what variety?

Has small white tips...but as he is growing they are disappearing

thanks
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Re: ID Bristlenose

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Pictures aren't the greatest for an ID but with that said, it looks like a to me. You might want to wait for others to chime in though and if you can get some better pictures (clearer with better lighting and preferably from a few different angles you have better luck getting a proper ID.

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Re: ID Bristlenose

Post by bekateen »

Hi sapphire,
I agree with catfishchaos - (1) pictures really inadequate for definitive ID, but (2) there's nothing I see in the photo to suggest anything other than Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus.

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Re: ID Bristlenose

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ok i will try to get better ones, hes a quick little thing, not like my lemon who poses for the camera
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Re: ID Bristlenose

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So i got a few more pictures...lets see if these help at all...

thanks
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