"A Bristlenose Pleco Profile"," Therefore if you feel you'd like to get to the bottom of how it all fits together and how best to look after these extraordinary fish then please read on.
Interestingly the name Bristlenose Pleco is not the only common name that they are known as.
Therefore if you are new to the world of Bristlenose then be careful as the name Pleco can also be applied to many other genera of Catfish outside the genus Ancistrus, as well.
The next important point to understand is that the most common species within the genus is A.
The Common Bristlenose is normally identified by it's brown color with lighter colored spots but it's also important to know that there is also an albino color variation as well.
A.
dolichopterus.
cirrhosus or it could be referring to the real A.
Therefore look for clarification when you do see this name.
Many members of the Catfish family, Loricariidae of which Ancistrus species are a member are allocated what is called an L Number.
You may also find that some species have more than one L Number due to being named in different locations which can also lead to some confusion.
So as you can see the naming of the Bristlenose Pleco can be a little confusing but luckily for the enthusiast their ease of care is much simpler.
These conditions replicate those of many other fish as well and as such the Bristlenose is well suited to be kept with many different types of freshwater fish.
Therefore you would think that feeding would be pretty straight forward as well and in many respects it is.
They do like some added vegetables as well.
Also add the occasional algae wafer and meat based food and they will be extremely happy.
So now hopefully you'll understand what is being referred to when the many different terminologies are used to describe the Bristlensoe Pleco.
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