Adrienne Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/fish/tropical-fish/auction-447449269.htm what type is this please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Common pleco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 It's definitely not a bristlenose at the size they claim. Looks like it's probably just an albino common plec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Its an amelanistic (it lacks melanin) form of common pleco. They are sold as chocolate or chocolate albino plecos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 in case your after an albino... Bird barn has some nice ones cheap too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 in case your after an albino... Bird barn has some nice ones cheap too Me? Not currently but I am trying to sort out what I will do when I return from overseas in July. I do want to purchase a big plec though for my 5 ft tank. Things are prettty unsettled here atm with an impending house shift somewhere in the next twelve months, very possibly sooner. If I restart my tanks in the shed up I am thinking of species tanks with a large variety of species but I do not want to do that only to have to shift them all when we move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 You need to reply to the TM ad with what is actually is now Ade and suggest he researches as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 You need to reply to the TM ad with what is actually is now Ade and suggest he researches as well saw that - i thought i would send them the link to planet catfish and tell him that I have links to the majority of the most knowledgable people in the country!! :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 He/she's a muppet. The term bristlenose is used for species of Ancistrus, and yes there are over 60 scientifically described species. However chocolate plecos are a form of common pleco and they are a species of sailfin pleco or Pterygoplichthys of which there are 14 known species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Loooove the gravel. Not sure if I like it more than the ignorance though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thought you might like my response which will most probably not be shown - My question was a genuine one as I was (note was) interested in the plec photographed but I was not interested in purchasing a bristlenose. My research is pretty thorough - http://www.planetcatfish.com By the way, I have access to many many highly knowledgeable fish keepers, in particular plec keepers, who happily answer my questions without being rude. Cheers guys, thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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