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Hey everyone im going to be byeing some bristlenose plecos and there advertised as gold albino.So my quistion is there any difference between albino and gold albino.Also how much harder is it to breed candy striped pleco than a bristlenose pleco
Thanks,matt

I had two species of albino bristlenose (unknowingly) and the cross produced brown fry. When I really closely examined them, one had a spotted belly and one had a smooth belly. From the top they looked identical except that the smooth bellied fish was slightly less "orange" than the spotted fish.

I since bought another albino (not for breeding) and she is very white with an unspotted belly. My breeders are very orange compared to her. So, maybe that's the difference.

It could also just be a marketing phrase to sell more fish. Orange albino sounds more interesting than plain albino.

Candy-striped pleco = .

Since bristlenoses essentially breed themselves (yes, you do need to do some things to get the right environment, but assuming you've got a sensible setup, and you aren't TOO unlucky, they'd just breed), I'd say Peckoltia vittata[/clog] is a bit harder to breed. I haven't bred them (I have two, both male [anyone in the south of england got a mature female?]), but I'd rate them "medium" from what I've read. You need to stimulate them by a "rainy season", and if they are well-fed and so, they should spawn.

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Mats