a picture of some of my B/N

[BNCRAZY]

Hi once again,
here are some of my B/N that i keep in a 5 foot tank all together they all get along very well, for now. there are albino standard to albino longfin to standard longfin as well as calico longfin, and standard longfin plus orange spot standard.
none have cross breed as yet but i am worried that as time goes on are the different strains going to start taking each other out.
kind regards david

[MatsP]

They are all the same species, the long fin and albino trait is just a genetic defect which is usually caused by inbreeding of mutations.

I have female that has an albino gene, so if I mate the offspring, 1/4 of the fry are albino.

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Mats

[BNCRAZY]

my peppermint watching over his eggs as we speak.
i cant wait till they hatch.
regards dave

[BNCRAZY]

Thanks Mats
thats good to know, does the same go for the peppermints and calico B/N.
regards dave

[MatsP]

Thanks Mats
thats good to know, does the same go for the peppermints and calico B/N.
regards dave

"Peppermint" is a different species, but Calico is a known genetic defect in the

Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus

.

Note that long fins and albinism is "available" in almost all fishes as a potential genetic defect - there are so many examples across different species of fish that it's clear that they "all" have that. Likewise, cats and dogs (the mamals) have "long hair", blotchy and albino, so it's nothing unique to bristlenoses.

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Mats

[BNCRAZY]

Thankyou for your time,
i have heaps of other pictures that i would like to share with everyone, is this area of the forum the correct area to do so.
regards david.

[MatsP]

That looks liek

Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps

, and yes, this is the correct area for all suckermouth catfish.

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Mats

[BNCRAZY]

indeed it is,
thankyou once again for your time,
speak soon.
regards dave

[andywoolloo]

nice pics..hi.