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[the pulpican man]

i was at my LFS the other week and one pleco caught my eye, it was red... would it be a red pleco or bristlenose??
it wasn't a albino, it was a redy orangey colour...

any advice or experiences from people keeping them??

cheers, tom

[pl6608]

Did it look like this one?

http://www.planetcat...?species_id=747

Red whiptail perhaps, someone else might know more possibilities.

[the pulpican man]

nope... it was definitely a B/n pleco for sure..
probably man made

[Matt_1]

These?

[Krystal]

Possibly a good quality Marbled Bristlenose....there are a few of them around atm.....Maybe call the LFS you saw it at, they will know

[Matt_1]

Or more like this?



Photo Credit Amazon Exotic Imports.

http://www.amazon-ex....20Rotpunkt.htm

[the pulpican man]

first one matt, identical to the first one

[Matt_1]

Ok I found that on Pleco fanatics. That seems to be the only red b/n on the net

[Ronny]

It just looks like a colour morph?

My guess would be that it has the same requirements as a normal one?
But I'm no expert...

Can I ask where you saw them and how much???

[the pulpican man]

guys, they are actually a strain of gold pleco, some sort of colour morph...
next time i'm up there i'll ask rory...

ronny: city farmers

[theonetruepath]

guys, they are actually a strain of gold pleco, some sort of colour morph...
next time i'm up there i'll ask rory...

ronny: city farmers

If they didn't have bristles on their nose, they're probably these guys, which are Pterygoplichthys pardalis (albino version)
http://www.planetcat...p?species_id=88

These are mine which I picked up from Aquotix. They're around WA at the moment. The good folk over at Planetcatfish ID'd it for me. If it has more than 10 dorsal rays it's Pterygoplicthys.