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Hi everyone!

I think I have identified my plecos thanks to this brilliant site, but I'm not 100% sure, as I'm new to the hobby. I believe I have a super red bristlenose (possibly female), a calico or piepald bristlenose (sex??), and a clown pleco (sex??).

I'm looking for ID confirmation or assistance if I'm incorrect, and some information on colour variation, sexing, and breeding. These fish were all purchased as juveniles in April or May of this year, so it may still be too soon to sex them, but if possible I'd love to know!

Here we go:

1. I'm fairly confident about the super red, but I'm not sure about the sex. Confirmation? Ideas?

2. I don't know if there is a difference between calico and piebald, and if so, which one I have. Or do I have the wrong ID altogether? He/she is a month older than the other two, so is it possible to identify the sex?

3. Is this a clown pleco or L448? I don't really know what I'm looking for regarding the "stripes/squiggles/scribes on the head". And again, also wondering about the sex.

4. The super red and the ?clown were bought at the same time and live together. If they are male and female, could/would they breed? (I don't really want to get into this part of the hobby at this point, so I'll need to separate them if so.)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Lisa D. Ranged

Fishes 1-3 are man made morphs of the common Ancistrus. They are all the same species and will bred. 1 and 2 might be females while 3 might be male. Photos 4 and 5 are of Panaqolus maccus. It is too small to sex for certain, but is most likely a female.
-Shane

Thanks for your help Shane!

I realize I confused the situation with the photos in my first post. Sorry about that!

I only have 3 plecos even though I posted 5 photos. I've renamed and dated the pictures to help, and added a few more here.

Thanks again for your help!