sewelld Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hi When do these start developing their bristles. I bought 2 from Animates a while ago, and neither have any bristles. So, at the moment I'm assuming that they are either A: juveniles B: female or of course both A and B... But, if they are male, I'd like to know then the bristles develop. ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 by 5-6cm you should start to get some evidence of bristles on males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I have some about 4cm that are starting to get bristles, but some are late bloomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Also do you have bristlenoses? or Plecos? Bristlenose males grow bristles females don't, but plecos don't grow bristles at all and grow to a much larger size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewelld Posted October 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Also do you have bristlenoses? or Plecos? Bristlenose males grow bristles females don't, but plecos don't grow bristles at all and grow to a much larger size. They were bought as Bristlenose Plecostomus. So I would assume(hope) that they are Bristlenose.... The largest is about 4cm, but nothing showing. The other is about 3cm, and again nothing. ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 they will be bristlenoses. technically bristlenoses aren't a plecostomus; they are an anstricus - but we get what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 3-4cm is too little. You might see some tiny buds around the side of their face that small, but that's about it. Usually there will be nothing, then suddenly they'll have reasonably big ones, seemingly overnight! Once they are about 2mm long, they start to slow down again, but do go through bursts of growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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