IOU1 Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Hi , I hope this link is allowed as it has the best photo of a pleco I have bought off trademe (much more yellow in person than the photo shows). I was wondering if this is some sort of long finned albino bristlenose or a standard albino pleco? Its larger than a large albino bristlenose male I have just bought but looks somewhat similar, but seems to have longer fins. If it helps, it was purchased from Jansens about 2-3 years ago. Does anyone have any idea whether it is a pleco or bristlenose? I think it must be a albino bristlenose as I researched albino plecos and they don't look much like this, are more brown in colour and have a distinctive head shape, but again she doesn't look much like a standard albino BN either :-? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 593281.htm Thanks :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Sorry if this does sound dumb :oops: , its probably obvious what it is but the thing that gets me is how big it is compared to a large albino BN male and how the tail, dorsal fins etc seem to be longer than any female albino BN I have ever seen... I think once this is answered it will put an end to all the dumb questions I have been asking :lol: :oops: :oops: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 thats a true albino plec http://images.google.co.nz/images?hl=en ... a=N&tab=wi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 hey jonathan, From the pic you have posted, it looks like an albino pleco. The albino plecos have a 'steeper' forehead and larger dorsal fins compared to the BNS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Thanks kenneth, looks like she can join my large community tank then (Actually i'm quite lucky because there are currently adult female albino BN's at my LFS so I can buy one of these to partner up with the male I got from you ) Thanks for the input, looks like an albino pleco then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Looks like an albino gibbiceps to me. There is a pic of a very similar one here.. and a full grown one. Hope you have a big tank http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=148 The big dorsal fin with more than 12 rays means it's a Pterygoplichthys species for sure. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Hmmm maybe i'll be selling it then Looking at it front on it looks like those long finned bristlenoses that have been currently for sale on tm. It is 2-3 years old and is only about 14cm so might not have grown enough to be a pleco??? Thanks for the link, you are right, it does look similar, will check out the number of rays 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 I dont think the Albino ones grow as big or fast as the normal ones. Also if they have been kept in a normal community tank they dont usually get enough food to grow at their max rate. I was given a normal Gibby thats at least 4 years old and was only 15cm. That was 6 months ago though, and it's 20cm now so it's still growing. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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