Bristlenose plecostomus

[troy tucker]

Cool pic! Is that eggs inside the pot? And the male sit on top of it?

Yes and Yes.

[mredman]

Yikes! Can you get gored by those bristles???

Mike

Ooops a Bullfight !!! Hahaha

[ptran]

old picture.

Cool pic! Is that eggs inside the pot? And the male sit on top of it?

[ptran]

Mine are only three months old so I will find out in a few months....in the event I have more than one male.

Mike

I have 6M:8F ratio in my tank without any problems. There is a dom male on each end of the tank, and I give each a cave.

[ptran]

Are male BN plecos aggressive toward each other? I used to buy 100 at a time and did not notice any aggression in a bare tank. I have to think different now that I am buying in smaller quantities rather than wholesaling (many years ago).

Mike

They will get territorial, but nothing like AC.

[DoubleDutch]

Ooops a Bullfight !!! Hahaha

[mredman]

Mine are only three months old so I will find out in a few months....in the event I have more than one male.

Mike

[DoubleDutch]

Yep when matured they get territorial.

[mredman]

Are male BN plecos aggressive toward each other? I used to buy 100 at a time and did not notice any aggression in a bare tank. I have to think different now that I am buying in smaller quantities rather than wholesaling (many years ago).

Mike

[troy tucker]

old picture.

[DoubleDutch]

Bristlenose plecostomus

Looks like every L144 I have ever seen. The pigment could be a little lighter but I have had albinos that look redder. So they can very some. Looks real to me. Also these do not come long finned.

All fish that we call L144 aren't the fish that originally was called L144. The yellow ones with blue eyes appear to come from a different strain than the original ones. There even is a doubt the original ones are still kept in captivity.
There are also yellow ones with black eyes. Yellow albinos and whitish albinos (both with red eyes).

[troy tucker]

$250-$400 a piece is insane.
Any investor? (I'm willing to do the dirty work and try to breed them for you LOL.)

If I could afford them. I could bred them. But I can't afford them!

[troy tucker]

It seems like I read about someone on this site that took five years to get the L046 to breed in his tanks. I have not heard any more about rearing the young. Has anyone else?

Mike

There are 2 guys here that are trying to breed them. myjohnson, and nacra99. not much from either on how they are doing.

[troy tucker]

Correct. Btw : it seems to be a different strain than the real L144. So in fact they are "false" L144. Beautiful nevertheless

Looks like every L144 I have ever seen. The pigment could be a little lighter but I have had albinos that look redder. So they can very some. Looks real to me. Also these do not come long finned.

[ptran]

A better deal on eBay. Get them why they are hot.....breed them and then sell them for $20 each to members of Fish Box.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/L46-Zebra-Pleco-Hypancistrus-Zebra-/201380211030?hash=item2ee3322956:g:efoAAOSwPTlTytYz

Mike

$250-$400 a piece is insane.
Any investor? (I'm willing to do the dirty work and try to breed them for you LOL.)