Bn Female Compared To Male

[Amunet]

We purchased 2 BN plecos at the same time.
Both were the same size, which was about, maybe an inch and a half.
One of them grew quickly and started to get bristles... the other, no bristles at all and has remained quite small. I don't think it has even reached the 2 inch mark yet while the other is around 4-5 inches.

So I'm guessing I have a male and a female, but are the females supposed to remain THAT small? I mean seriously, the smaller pleco is the size of the other ones head. It's so tiny compared.
It looks healthy and eats well... so *shrugs*

 

[minnnt]

My female is alot bigger than the male, so unsure as to why yours is considerably smaller.

 

[Amunet]

Hmmm that's weird.
Absolutely no idea why it's smaller and not growing. Doesn't look like it has any kind of parasite. Looks like a nice healthy little pleco.. just.. hasn't grown and hasn't gotten any bristles. *shrugs*

 

[kevinjames]

some bristlenose plecs are inbred by people as they breed easy. sometimes the result is a healthy fish that stays very small, quite often with a far shorter lifespan.

 

[Amunet]

some bristlenose plecs are inbred by people as they breed easy. sometimes the result is a healthy fish that stays very small, quite often with a far shorter lifespan.

Really? Hmm... *shrugs*
I guess that could be possible since these 2 plecos did come from petsmart.