Goldspot bristlenose pleco???
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Goldspot bristlenose pleco???
Positive id anyone? I have a quad of these guys, 3f 1m. They were sold as goldspot bnose pleco's.
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it's a possibility, but not one I can say 100%. The pics in the gallery, those fish are more striped than mine, perhaps a diffrent colouration variation?
I can tell you one thing, the one that should be male, when I was getting him from the bag to the tank, he was very distraught and got me a good one with his gill spines. So I'm fairly confident one is in fact male. Or can females push out large gill spines as well?
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I can tell you one thing, the one that should be male, when I was getting him from the bag to the tank, he was very distraught and got me a good one with his gill spines. So I'm fairly confident one is in fact male. Or can females push out large gill spines as well?
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Hi!
I doubt it is Ancistrus claro.
THe pattern is more like worms line than spot. THe mouth is a bit different from the common Ancistrus.
The belly is also immaculate.
I would say that you have a common Ancistrus species.
A. temmincki or something close.
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I doubt it is Ancistrus claro.
THe pattern is more like worms line than spot. THe mouth is a bit different from the common Ancistrus.
The belly is also immaculate.
I would say that you have a common Ancistrus species.
A. temmincki or something close.
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Might wonna check out the pics of the dad here
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... highlight=
havent found any pics of L89 except the seidel pics in elog but it looks good...also for the seam of the caudal. Too bad i dont have a finshot of my male
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... highlight=
havent found any pics of L89 except the seidel pics in elog but it looks good...also for the seam of the caudal. Too bad i dont have a finshot of my male
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Don't think it is <I>A. claro</I>, females do not have the high contrast pattern and certainly do not have the white fin tips on the caudal fin at any age. The fish look like immature "common" bristlenoses to me. This is the fish the hobby commonly refers to as <I>Ancistrus temminicki</i> and I have as <I>A.</I> sp(3) I think.
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