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L182 or is it?
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 20:45
by Wraithio
Tried to get as good as I can, fins up and all.
Was sold as a L344, but I feel its a L182?
Any heads up you can give is greatful
Were sold a pair, but I think they're both female.
Cheers!
Re: L182 or is it?
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 20:53
by MatsP
The fish doesn't look very big, so I'd say the first picture is male based on more bristles.
I can't say whether it is L182 or L344, but L344 looks slightly different from your fish.
If you can find out where the fish came from, which river, it would help a whole lot.
By the way, L182 grows fairly large, so one could assume that at a size where other bristlenoses would have a lot of bristles, these don't.
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Mats
Re: L182 or is it?
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:12
by Wraithio
They are roughly 4 inches long at the moment.
Very active, though the tank is fairly low light towards the bottom as a lot of Echinodorus Ozelot leaves cover most the surface.
We had them what, I think about March time so I can try and find out next time we go where they came from but might be a bit sparse on the ground with that one. Was from a M/A store though, so might stand more of a chance with them.
Thanks for help thus far
Re: L182 or is it?
Posted: 14 Jul 2009, 20:58
by Barbie
I've owned a couple L182 that were already quite bristled at 3.5". One of them is now a male that's easily 7" TL. I'm not sure his bristles are much more impressive now than they were then, to be honest. He himself is stunning though.
The head shape looks a little long on these and the spots are already quite small for their size, so I'm not sure I'd call them L182, but I'm also not sure what else you should look to, either. Sorry I'm not more help!
Barbie
Re: L182 or is it?
Posted: 14 Jul 2009, 21:13
by Wraithio
Thats ok. Atleast its more than I knew in the first place
I only ever found similarities in l182 before but looked different hence the reason for asking here.
hopefully someone can fathom it at some point
Re: L182 or is it?
Posted: 25 Jul 2009, 13:04
by MatsP
Let me just point out that bristlenose ID is very difficult at the best of times. There are MANY different species that look similar, but originate from quite far apart. And the 100 or so Ancistrus species that are in the Cat-eLog probably cover less than half of all species that can be found in nature. Pretty much every decent size river in South America (except for Chile) has it's own species of Ancistrus - at least one species, that is. Or that's what Shane tells us, at least.
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Mats
