Can any one post pics of both to diffrenciate please., I use to have like this who was bothering my goldies
Then i bought this one:
Plese post clear pictures for me to understand
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Rafaqat

Sorry the dark brown was bothering and then i bought albino 1

Normally,both of these fish usually do well when kept with goldies.As with any fish,there is always a possibility that the individual fish can be a problem. Rubberlips normally grow to around 3 inches or so,The Albino Bristles can get up to 6 inches,so I've heard. I've had a couple hundred of them though and mine have always remained between 3 and maybe 5 inches. Both of these Pleco's enjoy fresh cooked veggies in their diet,and also need a piece of Driftwood in the tank .

if i have drift wood my water get colored

Its a good idea to soak the driftwood in another container before adding it to your tank. A lot of people boil it for awhile, then put it in a container of dechlorinated water and drain and refill several times until the water is clear.

and i try to put a slice of cucumber 1 it dint stayed on the btm of the tank 2 he dint even sucked on it once

i tried boiling it for hours but end result is always colored water

Did you put it into a container to soak afterwards? You have to drain the water, refill, drain... a bunch of times.

Erin's right on the Driftwood.Sometimes it takes much,much time befor the wood stops leeching color out.As for the cukecumbers,try cooking them until soft.That usually makes them sink,or you can buy a veggie clip at the pet store to hold it down.

I'm not sure that the albino fish in the photo is a bristlenose. It looks like an albino pleco (sometimes called chocolate in the LFS). Common plecos (regardless of the color strain) WILL attach themselves to fancy goldfish, especially as the goldfish grow older and swim a lot slower. If the tank is clear of green algae, once the lights go out, the goldfish may get latched onto. As pleco mature, they sometimes develop a taste for meat (I have one that LOVES bloodworms) I've had this happen a couple of times. Until I switched to bristlenoses, they seem to be more of a pure vegitarian and leave the goldfish alone. Find a true bristlenose (cheap) or a gold nugget pleco (expensive) either should be fine.

Can some one please post pics so i can recognise...please please

Common pleco

http://www.aquariumarticles.com/articles/1...ostomus_700.jpg

Bristlenose pleco

http://tnb.aau.dk/~anette/fish/bristlenose...000-320x240.JPG

Rubberlip pleco (I think, I've never seen one before)

http://www.jackspets.com/images/LabelPics/...Plecostomus.jpg

The colors on all of them can be different than the photos.

Here are some of my Albino Bristles--Ignore any Cory Cats.



Male Bristlenose



Female Bristle

All the fish i boght have face like this

How many did you buy?
Well most Plecos look kind of like that when you see them,but from my guess,I'd say that's a Bristlenose.

When are you sending me some of those plecos Sharon?!

I am so afraid of them dying in the mail,that I just haven't got the nerve to even try it,or I would...Believe me.

Sorry for my late reply...the bristol nose peleco have spikes like things on his head?.......as the fish that i bought dosent have any spikee things on his head.

any 1 please?

Fefe I think Sharon was s aying that the bristle male (not female)had the spikes...mmmm where is Sharon?

Are you still confused? I can try and help. I have 2 plecos

Or go here and look at the left side column under fish profiles. 3rd from the bottom of the list you'll see plecostomus. Click on it for pics of all the plecos there are and also a whole bunch of useful info about each type.

You should be able to see your plec in there somewhere.

thank you Tinker for the site....but it dosent show any comon pleco.. how do you diffrenciate this with female rubber nose?

I think what you have there Fefe is exactly as Devs said a female bristlenose. If you look closely at the sides of the face(mouth/cheek area) in the first belly side pic you posted, I can see tiny bristles, really short and barely noticeable. In the male they are much more noticeable. Don't you think your plec looks a whole lot like the lower fish in this pic ?This is a pic of 2 bristlenose plecs. The top fish is the male. the bottom fish is the female. Both are albino bristlenose.

Now, I did some research and it seems that the common pleco is always brown or black. Here is a pic of one It reaches an adult sze of 18 inches and commons of 1 meter are not uncommon! The bristles are very much smaller.

You may also think you have a rubbernose and the female albino bristles do look a lot like the albino rubbernose. The teller is the teeny bristles.( I have 2 rubbernose plecs.) Occasionally the female will have no bristles but most usually they will just be very short and slight. If there are absolutely no bristles on any of your group of plecs...you can assume they are albino rubbernose.

Basically there is a huge conflict in scientific info about plecs with literally several hundreds of variations of the species I read! There is evidentally a lot of confusion about identifying. Within one group there are also variations labelled with numbers rather than names.

That's just what I think from what I have read. Maybe someone else can help you better.

PS Also your plec is not as spotty as mine. I believe the rubbernose are more spotty. Yours has a bristlenose pattern on the body as in the pic above? Don't you think?

Thank you once again Trinket, it means the fish i have could be a rubbernose and it wont disturb my goldies .
Thank you once again.
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Rafaqat