Meet Oats and Charlie

CassCats · Nov 15, 2020

Two new baby BN plecos, one long fin one short fin, both super red calico

Charlie is the longfin, Oats is the shortfin. My kid named them lol

When I put my baby cories up for sale someone offered a trade for some baby BN plecos, it was a bit sooner than planned to get BN plecos again, given we lost our Archie recently, but it was too coincidental to not take the offer, especially for the mutation they are.

corylover5 · Nov 15, 2020

NCaquatics said:
Two new baby BN plecos, one long fin one short fin, both super red calico

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When I put my baby cories up for sale someone offered a trade for some baby BN plecos, it was a bit sooner than planned to get BN plecos again, given we lost our Archie recently, but it was too coincidental to not take the offer, especially for the mutation they are.

Awwwww!! They are so cute and pretty! I want to get a Bristle nose Pleco so bad!

I got a chocolate ancistrus for my 29 gallon tank slightly over a year ago (my LFS said it was the same thing as a BN pleco) Sadly, it passed the next day with blood coming out of its mouth and behind. I had no idea what happened and I think it was my fault so I never got another one. I still don't know what happened to him

CassCats · Nov 15, 2020

corylover5 said:
Awwwww!! They are so cute and pretty! I want to get a Bristle nose Pleco so bad!

I got a chocolate ancistrus for my 29 gallon tank over a year ago (my LFS said it was the same thing as a BN pleco) Sadly, it passed the next day with blood coming out of its mouth and behind. I had no idea what happened and I think it was my fault so I never got another one. I still don't know what happened to him

That sounds more like trauma, gotta wonder if maybe they netted it badly

corylover5 · Nov 15, 2020

NCaquatics said:
That sounds more like trauma, gotta wonder if maybe they netted it badly

Maybe that's it. I don't remember exactly how they caught it but they got it trapped in a corner and kind of smooshed it against the tank bottom while trying to catch him.

I felt really bad for him but he was swimming normally so I thought he would be alright. Is a chocolate Ancistrus the same thing as a BN pleco?

CassCats · Nov 15, 2020

corylover5 said:
Maybe that's it. I don't remember exactly how they caught it but they got it trapped in a corner and kind of smooshed it against the tank bottom while trying to catch him. I felt really bad for him but he was swimming normally so I thought he would be alright. Is a chocolate Ancistrus the same thing as a BN pleco?

Only chocolate named pleco i know is this guy

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And that one isn't ancistrus

CassCats · Nov 15, 2020

Couple more photos, theyre just so cute

mcordelia · Nov 16, 2020

aww! oats is my favorite out of the two!! this makes me actually want to consider getting a BN plec

they're just so tiny compared to the cory! I'm interested to see what they look like when they get a bit bigger! but I'll be patient, can't get the tiny time back haha

CassCats · Nov 16, 2020

Oats was hiding most of today, but Charlie came out for a little this afternoon.

mcordelia said:
aww! oats is my favorite out of the two!! this makes me actually want to consider getting a BN plec
they're just so tiny compared to the cory! I'm interested to see what they look like when they get a bit bigger! but I'll be patient, can't get the tiny time back haha

BN plecos are awesome plecos. They're quite active and not as shy for most plecos. And stay under 6 inches so theyre easier to house too. Plus dont need as strong of a current as some plecos and are suitable for a very wide range of parameters. Plus BN come in many different colour mutations. Albino, snow white albino, standard, calico, super red, lemon, etc.
Theyre huge goofballs.
We had one before these guys but we lost him recently. We miss him a lot, we finally broke the news to our kid that he passed away, so hes a bit bummed but he is loving the new babies too. Hes always looking for them.

Ch4rlie · Nov 17, 2020

These are great pictures of your new BN's, beautiful colouration I must say. :wub:

Lucky you! :lol:

BTW Charlie is an inspired choice of name...……..

CassCats · Nov 17, 2020

Ch4rlie said:
These are great pictures of your new BN's, beautiful colouration I must say.

Lucky you!

BTW Charlie is an inspired choice of name...……..

I asked my kid what he wanted to name them, he chose the names lol one of his best friends is a girl named Charlie so I think that might be why lol

CassCats · Nov 21, 2020

@AilyNC more photos of the plecos can be found here

Oats is more shy, preferring to hide out around the heater, but she/he came out in the open today.

Oats again, shy

Charlie is out and about all over, likes the anubias a lot. I'm starting to see what looks like "stubble" on the sides of Charlie's mouth, so I think he may turn out to be male. I'll have to see if those develop into bristles.

They've been cleaning up my diatom bloom and the biofilm bloom on the driftwood, as well as seem to relish the bottom feeder bug bites that land on the plants too. I got Charlie to try some zucchini and he seemed to like it. Oats was not so convinced. But at least they take prepared foods.