I am confused - they are both so beautiful...and similair!! i know the bristle grows slightly bigger!! do they go in pairs or groups of 3 or more? wat about singletons?

i already have 3 goldies, 2 weather loaches and 2 hillstream loaches (those flat sucker fish lol)

any more advice on these plecs? i know about size, food, oohh - males are better did they say? or the females?

any ideas? any stories?

Thanks x
Sean

I prefer the Bristles myself-not sure why.
ANyway,Depending on how big your tank is-determines how many. Boys tend to get very cranky when another is near "their space" so in order to have more than one-you need a pretty big tank.They also need a piece of Driftwood as it is needed to aid in their digestion.
What size tank are we talking here?

um, its a pretty big tank!! if i remember rightly, its like 140 litres or someting!! but...im upgrading soon - im moving so im gonna get a bigger tank yay!!

are they ok on their own?

I like the bristlenose as well. Mine is alone. Well, he has 2 loaches for company.

ok cool - i like the bristlenoses too!! do they grow quick?

my bristle nose went from 3 inches long to 6.5 inches long in like 1 month. the females do grow larger thou. (males have longer bristles)

I am happy to say that my Bristles are probably only 4 inches max and I like them that way. I have a gazillion babies,and I hope that they all stay "petite".

Hi everyone
I have a 85L tank and 2 vailtails. Is it ok if I put one or two ruppernose placo´s in to the tank or is it two samll? AsI see from the homepage, nubbernose´s don´t get that big! (I prefere females) if they are not to aggressiv!
Oh and btw. I have one big deiftlog in the tank! Maybe I will gwt me one more