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Do these look like brittlenose plecos look like they should


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Maybe?  Look too young for any bristles to show and the white margins tend to fade/disappear as they get a bit older.  Spots tend to fade some, also, but there are some species of bristlenose that keep spots.  I’m not an expert that can tell if this is one of those species or if this is a regular bristlenose that’s just a baby with immature coloring.  How long is this kiddo?  How old?

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These bristlenose I have are all same age (15-ish months), all have spots and white on tail tips is almost gone. Bought with these 3 was 3 others that do not have spots 2 are mostly darker and the third is different shades of chocolate milk is how I describe him. I can’t find pics will update if I can get some later.

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Mine were sold to me as chocolate bristlenose. Are these common bristlenose? What was your called by seller?

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On 4/20/2022 at 4:44 AM, Brandon p said:

They are small the white on the tails sort of threw me of. I ordered some super red and and they are about a little larger than 1/2”

I would say they were definitely not Super Red Bristlenose plecos. Even at a very young age Super Reds look like Super Reds. Here's a photo of some of my fry from 12/2020 where they're still in the breeder box and less than a half inch long. As you can see, they're quite red from hatching onward.

 

 

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On 4/20/2022 at 3:44 AM, Brandon p said:

They are small the white on the tails sort of threw me of. I ordered some super red and and they are about a little larger than 1/2”

Those definitely do not look like super reds.  Super reds are, well, red-orange.  And unless they are calicos, too, they are a fairly smooth orange-red with some variation in shading but no brown.

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Correct for actual color of super reds.
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On 4/20/2022 at 1:26 AM, Odd Duck said:

Maybe?  Look too young for any bristles to show and the white margins tend to fade/disappear as they get a bit older.  Spots tend to fade some, also, but there are some species of bristlenose that keep spots.  I’m not an expert that can tell if this is one of those species or if this is a regular bristlenose that’s just a baby with immature coloring.  How long is this kiddo?  How old?

Now excate sure they where to be 1.5 “ but came in about 2”

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On 4/20/2022 at 11:03 AM, Odd Duck said:

Those definitely do not look like super reds.  Super reds are, well, red-orange.  And unless they are calicos, too, they are a fairly smooth orange-red with some variation in shading but no brown.

I just post the pics of the super reds of the albino  tomorrow 

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On 4/23/2022 at 10:35 PM, Brandon p said:

The super reds are super reds, I was just wondering about the brittlenose. The super reds are right. Was just wondering about the brittlenose. I have the l-134 and L333 along with the Leucistic plecos And not the normal one for so long.

I got confused since in your question you asked if the bristlenoses looked right (which they do), then later mentioned super reds (which are also bristlenoses), so then it just got confusing if you were only asking about THOSE bristlenoses or if those bristlenoses were super reds.

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