Super red, calico, and clown? Confirmation/information please!

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Super red, calico, and clown? Confirmation/information please!

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Name: Roo (short for Roomba). Tank mates with Pluto. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 1.5". ID: Super red.
Name: Roo (short for Roomba). Tank mates with Pluto. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 1.5". ID: Super red.
Name: Plato. Tank mates with tetras, minnows, and a guppy; no other plecos. Bought in mid-April at approximately 2.5-3" long. This photo was taken May 3rd at 3".  ID: Calico or piebald?
Name: Plato. Tank mates with tetras, minnows, and a guppy; no other plecos. Bought in mid-April at approximately 2.5-3" long. This photo was taken May 3rd at 3". ID: Calico or piebald?
Name: Plato. Tank mates with tetras, minnows, and a guppy; no other plecos. Bought in mid-April at approximately 2.5-3" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 4".  ID: Calico or piebald?
Name: Plato. Tank mates with tetras, minnows, and a guppy; no other plecos. Bought in mid-April at approximately 2.5-3" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 4". ID: Calico or piebald?
Name: Pluto. Tank mates with Roo. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 1.5". ID: Clown?
Name: Pluto. Tank mates with Roo. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken August 14th at 1.5". ID: Clown?
Name: Pluto. Tank mates with Roo. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken yesterday at 1.5". ID: Clown?
Name: Pluto. Tank mates with Roo. Bought in mid-May at approximately 1" long. This photo was taken yesterday at 1.5". ID: Clown?
Hi everyone!

I think I have identified my plecos thanks to this brilliant site, but I'm not 100% sure, as I'm new to the hobby. I believe I have a super red bristlenose (possibly female), a calico or piepald bristlenose (sex??), and a clown pleco (sex??).

I'm looking for ID confirmation or assistance if I'm incorrect, and some information on colour variation, sexing, and breeding. These fish were all purchased as juveniles in April or May of this year, so it may still be too soon to sex them, but if possible I'd love to know!

Here we go:

1. I'm fairly confident about the super red, but I'm not sure about the sex. Confirmation? Ideas?

2. I don't know if there is a difference between calico and piebald, and if so, which one I have. Or do I have the wrong ID altogether? He/she is a month older than the other two, so is it possible to identify the sex?

3. Is this a clown pleco or L448? I don't really know what I'm looking for regarding the "stripes/squiggles/scribes on the head". And again, also wondering about the sex.

4. The super red and the ?clown were bought at the same time and live together. If they are male and female, could/would they breed? (I don't really want to get into this part of the hobby at this point, so I'll need to separate them if so.)

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Re: Super red, calico, and clown? Confirmation/information please!

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Fishes 1-3 are man made morphs of the common Ancistrus. They are all the same species and will bred. 1 and 2 might be females while 3 might be male. Photos 4 and 5 are of Panaqolus maccus. It is too small to sex for certain, but is most likely a female.
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Re: Super red, calico, and clown? Confirmation/information please!

Post by lisa.d.ranged »

Thanks for your help Shane!

I realize I confused the situation with the photos in my first post. Sorry about that!

I only have 3 plecos even though I posted 5 photos. I've renamed and dated the pictures to help, and added a few more here.

Thanks again for your help!
Plato. Taken today. Bristles make me think male?
Plato. Taken today. Bristles make me think male?
Plato; view #2. Taken today.
Plato; view #2. Taken today.
Pluto. Taken yesterday.
Pluto. Taken yesterday.
Pluto; view #2. Taken today.
Pluto; view #2. Taken today.
Plato and Roo. Taken yesterday.
Plato and Roo. Taken yesterday.
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