My Bristle Pleco

[FishGuest5123]

I have 2 bristlenose plecos but one only comes out at night. This one lays low and watches. His name is Lolly and he’s about 2.5 yrs old.

 

[Kritastrophe]

I love bristlenose pleco’s! You can tell by his color and fins he’s not happy with you looking at him. Ha ha! Mine does that if I move too fast around him but quickly darkens back up. Two males in the same tank or is one a girl? I’d love to get a girlfriend for mine, but I just wouldn’t know what to do with all the adorable babies.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I love bristlenose pleco’s! You can tell by his color and fins he’s not happy with you looking at him. Ha ha! Mine does that if I move too fast around him but quickly darkens back up. Two males in the same tank or is one a girl? I’d love to get a girlfriend for mine, but I just wouldn’t know what to do with all the adorable babies.

He does clamp his fins when I take pics but he’s always that color. The other pleco is in another tank.

 

[Kritastrophe]

He does clamp his fins when I take pics but he’s always that color. The other pleco is in another tank.

Oh that’s different than mine. Mines always dark with a white polka dot pattern unless I spook him. Although I have read that there are a ton of variants of BN pleco’s so maybe ours are different variations. Ha ha.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Cool!

How many gallons is he in? And, approximately how big is he?

 

[FishGuest5123]

Cool!

How many gallons is he in? And, approximately how big is he?

He’s in a 55G but the other one is in a 20G long. They are both about 4-5” which is full grown.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Are they worth the bio-load?

 

[Kritastrophe]

Are they worth the bio-load?

To me they are... out of all my fish my pleco gives me the most attitude, he is the most destructive digger, and I’ve had him since he was a baby so of course I love him the most. Bwahaha. Second are my group of emerald Cory. I think I have a thing for catfish. Maybe I should make an all small catfish tank out of my upcoming tank project.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

And.....you can really get to know them, because they live for so long!

Also, how big of a tank do they need? I have heard 20 gallons, but my info could be wrong!

 

[Kritastrophe]

20 gallon is okay imo. Just wouldn’t put them with a lot of other fish or poop machines. Ha ha. I’ve read in some articles though that 29 is preferred for them.

 

[FishGuest5123]

No, they aren’t worth it as far as cleanup crew. My Japanese trapdoors eat more fish gunk then he does but he sure is cute!

 

[FishGuest5123]

LooK! My other BN pleco came out this evening! Bought them at the same time in the same tank but don’t look at all alike!

 

[Kritastrophe]

He looks like mine! Yours is so adorable. Mines name is Plucky.

 

[FishGuest5123]

View attachment 92833 He looks like mine! Yours is so adorable. Mines name is Plucky.

Oh, wow! They do look alike! So ugly they’re cute.

 

[Fishmanic]

I have two bn pleco.. one in my 35 gallon tall hex and one in my 29 gallon tank. The one in the 29 gallon sometimes come out to the front of the tank when I am nearby as if he is saying “where is my algae wafer.” I drop in a wafer and he brings it back into his cave. I’ll post a pic of him soon. He a good looking bn as far as bn plecos go. He often rearranges the sand in the tank to his liking. I have a marble slab weighing down the driftwood and the slab is laying flat on the sand. He dug a tunnel under the marble and made himself kind of a cave. His name is Nessie and he is named after the Loch Ness Monster. Very interesting fish. They live about 10 years.