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CoryAddict Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 231 Votes: 6 Registered: 16-Dec-2004	Hey! I have a 55 gallon and the only bottom feeders i have are 6 cories and 2 ottos. I was wondering if a brittle nose pleco would fit? Also since im not a big fan of the bristles ( i find them freacky ) Is there any way to sex them without using the bristle method?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	The bristles are basically the only way to sex them unless you want to dissect them. All bristlenoses will have bristles around their lips. But males will also have them on their snouts and around their noses, while females will only have them around their lips. That is the easiest way to tell. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	If you don't like bristles, don't get ancistrus sp. plecos at all. Even full grown females should have a fine ring of unbranched bristles around the mouth. Sexing is easily achieved by looking at odontodal growth. Female individuals of the ancistrid species (hypans, peckoltias, traes, etc), tend to have less of the aforementioned spikes on their pectoral fins, while males have a fuller beard of the extendeing throughout much of the body.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	I have a BN with cories and ottos and they get along fine. When my BN does make an appearance (I mostly don't see him at all & maybe once a week during feeding time) during feeding time he mostly just pushes the cories aside to get at the food.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Yes, i also have a BN with alot of Corydoras, without any problems. If you don't want a Pleco with Bristles, just don't get a BN. There are plenty to choose from. http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04


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