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origin: colombia. Is this a easy to breed bristlenose? And is this the most common? This is what the wholesaler I work at usually get's for bristlenose not the vitta. (maybe miss spelled). Thank's for any help you can give!

Jerry,
Xenocara is no longer a valid genus and is an old synonym of Ancistrus. That said, it is too bad because it fits these fish (Xeno = alien cara = face). If the Ancistrus are coming from Colombia there is a good chance they are A. triradiatus. Mine are spawning monthly with no problems.
-Shane

Shane, Could you tell me how to sex these guy's? Is there any special requirement or trigger to get these guy's going? I'm hoping the collecter's are being truthful the label is printed : country of origin:columbia . Are they more of a veggie eater than meaty food's.Thank's for you'r time Shane!!

Very much as for most Ancistrus. Put a male and a female or two in a 15-20 gallon tank. Veggies should always be available (I use cucumber, green squash, yellow squash, and green beans mostly) with meaty foods twice a week. The set up I have a spawning trio in is a 20 long with a Biowheel 165 with a sponge prefilter and a powerhead (160 gph) alo with a sponge prefilter. Water changes are 70 percent weekly. Decor is a coconut with an entrance (an entire coconut as they like to eat the fiber shell), a couple of small pieces of driftwood and a PVC spawning tube (verticle). Water is pH 6.8, 2 dGH, and almost 0 KH. You really do not need water that soft though.
Send me some photos and I will try to ID them. A. triradiatus is the most common sp. shipped from here.
-Shane

Thank's Shane I'mgonna start putting together that setup this weekend thank's again for all you'r help!!! Jerry L Brown