Ancistrus cf. Cirrhosus.......

The Common Bristlenose....















Fish Statistics


Minimum Tank Size: 60litre's

Diet: The bulk of their diet must be composed of vegetable matter but live foods can be feed.Algea Wafers and courgette are among favourite's..

Origin: South America

Temp (C): 21.5-26.5

Max Size: 4.9"

Family:Loricariidae

Temperament: Peacefull

pH: 5.8-7.2

Care Level: Easy

There are many types of bristlenose pleco and all love to eat algae. Great for keeping tanks clean.
These plecos look like ordinary plecos in their shape apart from the bristles. These bristles grow as the pleco grows and males have larger bristles than females. Males are said to have a large number of forking bristle's all the way up there snout and female's dont. Care level is classed as easy as long as you have the right water condition's