A question about babies..several questions

[RussGB]

Haven't posted in ages, but recent events have spawned this post (pun intended)...

I have two albino Plecs in my 150g lightly planted community. One is a rubber lip, the other a bristlenose. They have been in there for about a year or so, and seem to be growing and thriving. On Monday I noticed that there were now nine babies, about 3/4" stuck to the sides around the tank. I can only guess that they are hybrids.. is that even possible?
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And once they grow, what will they be? bristle lips? rubber nose?

Please excuse bad iPhone pictures!

[ptran]

Awesome, you have spawned a new breed of alien lol.

[DoubleDutch]

Haven't posted in ages, but recent events have spawned this post (pun intended)...

I have two albino Plecs in my 150g lightly planted community. One is a rubber lip, the other a bristlenose. They have been in there for about a year or so, and seem to be growing and thriving. On Monday I noticed that there were now nine babies, about 3/4" stuck to the sides around the tank. I can only guess that they are hybrids.. is that even possible?
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And once they grow, what will they be? bristle lips? rubber nose?

Please excuse bad iPhone pictures!

Russ,

I think this is a case of mistaken identity.
A female BN doesn't have bristles (sometimes tiny ones), so could be mis-ID-ed as a Rubberlip.
Those two won't hypbridize and to my knowledge there are no albino Rubberlips in the trade.

Think you have a great couple of albino BN's, that have done their job (and now won't stop hahaha).
Nicely colored ones BTW.

Regards, Aad (Holland / The Netherlands)

[RussGB]

Thanks Aad! That certainly explains a lot!!

Hopefully i will have friends on HFB who want baby BN's!!