Jellybean123
New Member
Hi ,
I brought 4 new bristle nose plecos last week from a chain pet store . They all seem to be young as small ( maybe 2 months) and havenāt got the bristles yet . Two were labelled as āmarigoldā bristle nose plecos - I think itās their fancy name for albino . They had a deal on buy two at a set price . I also wanted two common bristlenose plecos so I asked if they had any more as could only see one typical looking one in the tank . They said they had another so I could have the deal . Great ā¦
However the last pleco that was hiding when I got home it is 3 times bigger than the other ( I was told they were all the same age) it also doesnāt look as expected . When I compared to my other bristle nose slightly bigger this new one has a larger head and bigger eyes . Itās colouring also looks different as itās brown with a grey tinge but then has really faint grey/light brown lines . Itās less active than the others often just lays near the air stones . Itās a really pretty pleco but i wonder if itās not a bristlenose ? Maybe some kind of hybrid ? Or could it just be older and different colouring ?
I canāt get a good photo but has anyone got any ideas or any photos of more unique coloured bristlenoses ?
I brought 4 new bristle nose plecos last week from a chain pet store . They all seem to be young as small ( maybe 2 months) and havenāt got the bristles yet . Two were labelled as āmarigoldā bristle nose plecos - I think itās their fancy name for albino . They had a deal on buy two at a set price . I also wanted two common bristlenose plecos so I asked if they had any more as could only see one typical looking one in the tank . They said they had another so I could have the deal . Great ā¦
However the last pleco that was hiding when I got home it is 3 times bigger than the other ( I was told they were all the same age) it also doesnāt look as expected . When I compared to my other bristle nose slightly bigger this new one has a larger head and bigger eyes . Itās colouring also looks different as itās brown with a grey tinge but then has really faint grey/light brown lines . Itās less active than the others often just lays near the air stones . Itās a really pretty pleco but i wonder if itās not a bristlenose ? Maybe some kind of hybrid ? Or could it just be older and different colouring ?
I canāt get a good photo but has anyone got any ideas or any photos of more unique coloured bristlenoses ?