Hi, i was out yesterday at bar and they had a tropical fish tank. in it there was an orange fish that seemed to have a tail like a weather loaches, but had the body of a plec. it was able to suck onto the glass and looked to have rough skin.

i took some pics but they didnt turn out, they were hazy, so you cant really see the fish.

i have tried looking up on the net, but i havent found anything.

I was just wondering what this fish might be, any ideas>??

Maybe a gold bristlenose plec? How big was it?

Loz has got a gold algae eater that might be it, hopefully she can show you a pic of hers.

o right, ill have to look that up. pics would be great coz i could tell from them. id say it was about 10cm long including tail, give or take. ill have a look at the hazy pics see if i can a better idea of size, but im in the lib so no pics here.

Here's a pic of a Golden Bristlenose(Albino Bristle)

A pic of Golden Algae Eater's.

Thanks Devs

Hey Sands,anything for you!

thanks devs, yer id say more the golden bristle nose, but not so much with the colouring, more a solid orange. very cute.
thank you

are they your fish??

Why yes,the Bristlenose are.I think that they were both little females.I have seen them "whiter" in color,and I've also seen them the darker oranger color that you mention.My females look a little lighter than normIt may have been the camera.

This is one of my males,"Mad Max"

thansk for the pics, they are very beautiful fish, i love the colours. yes thats is what it was, i have never seen one before, just wondered what it was.