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Can anyone tell me if this is a Bristlenose or a Rubbernose? I did buy it as a Bristlenose. But after looking at some rubbernoses, it does look like it could be either. There are no bristles visible, but it could just be a female, plus it is only about 2.25"....

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks
 

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not being funny but it IS a bristle nose - at that size with no bristles - its a female...

here is one of our females for comparison

bristle2.jpg
 
smithrc said:
not being funny but it IS a bristle nose - at that size with no bristles - its a female...

here is one of our females for comparison

bristle2.jpg
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That looks very much like my female bristle nose did, when it was younger (before the bristles came out)

I have a 'rubber nose' plec as well, and they are normally grey, and have armour like markings.
 
But the mouth looks nowhere near like the ones i've seen, pft my poor advice again!
I don't really know what a rubbernose looks like but it looked like it has a very weird mouth, therefore I thought it was a rubbernose.
Sorry,
Neal :good:
 
Neal said:
But the mouth looks nowhere near like the ones i've seen, pft my poor advice again!
I don't really know what a rubbernose looks like but it looked like it has a very weird mouth, therefore I thought it was a rubbernose.
Sorry,
Neal :good:
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Bulldog Pleco << tere you go :D thats a 'rubbernose'
 
Thanks, so bristlenose it is!!

The pic isnt the best, but its so hard to catch her for a good pic!! im sure you all know!

Thanks again
 
well it isnt a rubber nose, but it doesnt look like a BN ether, although i may be wrong as there are various types of BN.

My BN

DSC00150.jpg



My Rubber Nose

DSC00142.jpg
 
Its a young common bristlenose.

andyw823 yours looks like a female L182, Starlight Bristlenose Pl*co, I had one almost identical to it.
 
~T~ said:
Its a young common bristlenose.

andyw823 yours looks like a female L182, Starlight Bristlenose Pl*co, I had one almost identical to it.
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i originaly had 2 BNs but one died. Untill it died the one pictured never grew in the time we had it while the other was grwing at a fast rate. Now the other has gone this one is growing fairly fast! Any idea why?
 
andyw823 said:
~T~ said:
Its a young common bristlenose.

andyw823 yours looks like a female L182, Starlight Bristlenose Pl*co, I had one almost identical to it.
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i originaly had 2 BNs but one died. Untill it died the one pictured never grew in the time we had it while the other was grwing at a fast rate. Now the other has gone this one is growing fairly fast! Any idea why?
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competiton for food? the other BN was faster, and so got more food then the other BN?
 
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