TYPES OF BRISTLENOSE PLECOS 

They are awesome looking fish

I love your video man! Very nice editing skills. Thank you for the video.

YOU are so lucky to have so many different kinds!

Hey this is soo good what types do you have now? I live in Australia i only just got my hands on longfin superreds, i also have a 2 strange longfin superwhites no pattens at all that are around 1.5 inch long and had them for 2 months so no idea if stunnted or sick because they dont grow.

Beautiful plecos i had a albino bristlenose pleco i raised her from a little baby and i grew her up to 6 inches.

I know plecos are covered in something like an armour, but it looks so brutal holding them with bare hands 😂 I've had t bristlenose plecos ("normal" and albino) for like 14 years and i love them.

You can get some really gigantic common bristlenoses, Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus. I got mine as fry from someone who bred them and the female was gigantic so I can only expect him to grow to be quite large, I believe she was easily 15cm SL. With the wild-type colouration size varies a lot. Ancistrus are my favourite genus of Loricariidae, but I do prefer the really odd ones which probably in time will end up in an independent genera.

I have just one male bristle nose after my fish passed. I'm not entirely sure how to fully care for him but he keeps me company.

Just want to say thanks, it's really good to know about the calicos coming out in the F2 gen

I love Super Reds! I currently have one and looking forward to buy a pair for it to breed. I also have a pair of LF Lemons that are unusually lighter in pigmentation.

You realy think it's ok to handle any fish like that?? Holding the head while the back is wiggling like crazy in full fear mode? You never should handle fish like that if you respect the beings you are taking care of..

Awesome job with the F1!

If I observed correctly, you heat the room and not the individual tanks, and only use sponge filters. What is your water change schedule / procedure like?

Bristlenose plecos and bushynosed plecos are the exact same fish no difference at all ;)

Very very AWESOME! Tk u for this!🙌🙌

Love those super reds!

I can see them better in the tank, and then they aren’t unnecessarily held out of water like that....

Thank you excellent video🎉

Thanks for sharing. Great video. Question for you, what temperature do you find ideal for the bristlenose. I know you keep a lot of angels, Guppies, and Rams. And I believe you said your room is heated. So just curious what the temperature is for the plecos. Thanks

Great Video bud, with the blue eyes (L144) I thought the black spot it may be a paradox mark which isn't genetic just a fluke, but... you've produced a good few with the black spot so I'm really exited to find out what your F1s turn out like :) keep up the good work your videos are very much enjoyed :)

wow love the yellow albino, right now I have one female black, and the same coloured male bristnose. currently have eggs, so exiting!!!

Can an albino bread with a common?

Might need one for my new planted tank in the new pad mate👌🏻🐟 they look great!

I'd love to have you do a presentation at my club in NYC. Also would love to purchase a few pairs!

Hey bud great video. Isn't starlight also a bristlenose?

Plecos...one of the few dish that blink!

Nice to see different kinds of plecos in your fish room tour and the breeding projects you intend in the near future. I noticed your angels are fighting with each other as they have some damaged fin tails. Try moving them to different tanks. I find you do regular tank maintenance as these plecos are known to produce a lot of ammonia. Get some guppy grass and feed them a slice of cucumber once in a while to keep their bowls moving. Tip in order for the cucumber to sink drop the sliced cucumber into boiling water. cover it with a lid to avoid water cooling off. In few minutes it will sink. take it out run it under running tap water in order for it to cool off. Drop it in the fish tank. I see other RU-vidrs who also breed plecos but they do not keep the tanks as clean as you do. Liked and subscribed to your channel.

I have one of those blue eye leucistic with the black dot (Snow White pleco) he is adorable

Is there a particular color of bristlenose that stays small? Will they be ok with south american dwarf cichlids? Just 1 bn pleco with a pair of apistogramma boreilli?

I lost my previous comment- can you do a part 2 of this video? I am curious about your spot project. Also have you started working with the green dragons yet? I am starting my BN hobby. I have some I am super excited about and would love to know other people experiences. I have a question- is it bad to breed sister and brother? should we do different blood lines? I have a green dragon coming with a green mom and lemon dad that I want to breed with both a pure green dragon and etc... One more question...Is a calico essentially a hybrid of 2 colors creating the calico?

Nice video! What type of white marker is that that you use to write on the tank glass?

I’ve got a normal brown one a calico and a albino, getting two peppermints next weekend!! Would like getting a pearl one too 😍

Pittsburgh pa? I’m from Pittsburgh also. Good video. I just bought a calico bristlenose

How to tell the difference between a chocolate bristle nose pleco and a regular bristle nose pleco?

is 'pleco' correct, or should they be called catfish. I was corrected by a shop assistant when i reffed to them as bristle-nosed pleco's.

I am currently breeding my super red male in a tank with an albino female and a super red female. I have gotten four batches of babies from the albino female with him and all have been wild type. And I have gotten one batch from him and the red female and all of them were also wild type. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can true a pure strain of super red? I currently am supplying local fish stores with the wild type ones and Am breeding for profit. If i can get some pure reds breeding i would be able to sell for double

Hello! I have a pair of Ancitrus L 144 sexually mature male and female. I want to breed them. My question is, what is the minimum size the aquarium should be to keep only one pair of ancitrus L 144 in it?

Nice!!! What do you feed them? I had some dark eyed leucistic bistlenose plecos, but the female grew to 4" and the male was about 4 & 1/2" with no signs of stopping, so I gave them to a local fish store & got some Gold marble plecos (LDA08 - Ancistrus claro) which should stay under 3" I hope. But, I'm wondering if maybe I fed them too many high protein pellets???

Great video 👌👌👌

Whats the rope kinda thing you have in your tanks?

Your website says you are out of all bristlenose plecos? Is it out of date? Or are there none available?

Hey man, have any thing available at the moment?

Good information.. I bought some sf blue eyed from Mike's cichlids,and 1 has started to grow a black spot on it's tail fin.. I'm also having problems with green dragons.. I've bought from 2 breeders here from Ohio. Last group I bought the guys 2yr old breeding group. The male is so short 3in full of bristles. 2 out of each group have spots. Which I'm told isn't pure.. So I guess they need more line breeding like you mentioned. Kinda like with other fish..

Do u have green dragons now and starlight and peppermint?

Greg Sage over at Select Aquatics has Green Dragons.

omg those long tails look gorgous

The black spot is common on those and normally it’s not a good thing to have . Here in the states if you have that on it most ppl don’t buy them the spot can be a bacterial issue look it up

hey your fish look really nice, but I hate how you grab them, we can see them fine from inside the tank. If you really must it would be better to just disturb them to move inside the tank for a view. Rather than taking them out just for the video.

Hi mitch. Well it looks like all of your different types are getting big enough to let go. I put my tank up this weekend so i figure 2 weeks from now we should be ready. I really hope i will be able to get at least one young pair that can produce all 3 colors as in the video. Let me know. Thankyou. Ron. Z.

Where can I get that net my bristlenose always gets caught in my regular net

Come on you are torturing them by holding them

Bristlenose 👌

Also, my male grew the same spot on his head after breeding during watching his eggs

Could you show us a male and female common pleco? What age do they breed from birth? What's tank requirements for optimal growth and breeding? Awesome fishes.

I just had 3 or 4 clutches from a tank with all albino. Almost have came out back with gold. This just happened 2 weeks ago so they are still very small. Has anyone ever had all albino's and half the clutch is dark?

Hi mate can you ship to Australia I’ll buy about 10 or more super red longfin and the other ones

Heya! I was researching about calicos! Do they get bushy noses also or do they not get them? I found this hard to know! Thanks for the video super informative!

Hi Mitchell, I have a bristle nose in my 15 gallon. Is this big enough for him?

Hi! How to identify between a baby common pleco and baby bristlenose pleco?

I seen you had your website but I was wondering if I could buy a super red or blue eye male? I have a female common mature so I’m trying to find a male

We purchased (3) 2" spotted bristlenose plecos from Petco around 2 yrs ago, and none of them have shown any bristles and are around 4" now...wondering if we were sold something else?

Can someone tell me if it's normal that when i look at my pleco with a magnefing glass each scale has a "" Gold "" shine at the end !!!!!! Do not know if she's a common or i have a Lemon spot something like that !!! loll

Smaller is better for me. If I wanted a bigger one there are plenty other types of bigger plecos.

I'm local to Pittsburgh, do you have a store??

Questions how long does it take to get them 1"-2"? Let's say I have about 60-100 in a 10 gallon grow out tank. Do I need to upgrade the grow out tank to something bigger?

What’s your website?

One more question, is max size same among all colors?

I wish there was a dwarf variety small enough for a 10 gallon tank.

Are you selling any 3-4 inch calicos or super reds?

Where are you located, and what is the website?

What temp is the tank with the rams and bristlenose?

Curious as to why your Bristlenose don’t have wood.

How do I contact you to order pleco? Need only 2 super red adults

I just had a breeding happen with my lemon. Mated with in 2 hours of being introduced. Want to start selling because they are in a 15g nd i don't have room. I am also throwing out bags of water lettuce a week from my 3 tanks. Like to start selling / tradi g

The Longfin Bristlenose plecos are one of my favorite aquariumfish!

I know I asked before but was curious if you’d be interested in selling a male super red or lemon blue eye now that some of the COVID has died down please lmk I’m really trying to get going and I need a male for my female common! Lmk thanks

Hi there, love your bristlenose. Was wondering is thier size due to inbreeding early on in captivity. Also are the ones in with the rams fin nipped? Are calico a pied genetic? Also in bird breeding a spot like those you were talking about that spot is almost always a split pied that shows (in birds splits can be both sex linked and recessives) so I would say your spot fish would be split calico Hope to hear from you Regards Duzzy from 🇦🇺

Nothing on the site right now

Hi just wanted to let you know that we were talking about a purchase and I paid you but you haven’t responded just want to make sure we get in contact

I have a bristol nosed pleco a male he is 5 and a half cm long and it sais on google that plecos in 54 litre tanks like mine grow to 12cm

What are those red and blue things in the aqariums. Look at the time 2.20

I have one question, do females have bristles? Im interested in getting an albino pleco

Is it okay to keep tiger barbs with bristlenose plecos?

I have a male and female standard fin green dragon bristlenose plecos in a grow out tank right now their definitely ready to breed.. im live in Pittsburgh contact me if your interested

Omg a fish out of water not good put the fish back in the water we can see the good enough though the glass. Can't watch anymore

I want to like the long fins but I don’t for some reason

for green dragons, go to selectaquatics.com, Greg Sage

How do u know if your fish is full of eggs

No Starlights?

Yuck, I hate when people hold fish like that.

Do females get as big as males?

Are you selling any?

Eek, fithy tanks!

How do I get ahold of you to buy plecos? Are you selling any right now?

When are you gonna have more rams available

I am buying plecos soon when will you post videos

I have multiple tank syndrome pretty bad and now when my fiance comes home and sees styrofoam he asks with trepidation how big of a tank I got this time.

Hi are you selling your plecos babies 1to 2 inch

Do you ship and how much

I am breeding wild caught spotted medussa's..............awesome bn