Pleco ID help. Female Bristle nose?

OscarRomeoFiveTwo · Oct 14, 2023

Hi all

I got a bristlenose fry a month or so ago now. It's getting bigger but it has no bristles. Am I right that it may be a female? Or maby not a bristlenose at all?

BigJfish12 · Oct 14, 2023

Yes that's a bristlenose. It may be a bit young to tell still I think. You can generally tell at about 6 months old and sometimes a month or two earlier depending on the conditions.

ghyti · Oct 14, 2023

Too young to tell. Give it a couple months yet.

OscarRomeoFiveTwo · Nov 5, 2023

Now has a bigger friend

BigJfish12 · Nov 6, 2023

The bigger one looks like a male to me

anewbie · Nov 7, 2023

you have 1 male and 1 female and soon 1 million little ones.

OscarRomeoFiveTwo · Nov 14, 2023

anewbie said:
you have 1 male and 1 female and soon 1 million little ones.

Deffo get a million little poos! Haha

This the the result of only 1 day since a tank clean

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