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	Longfin Bristlenoses!
castlequest Fish Addict Posts: 661 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Feb-2003	Just received my 6 longfin bristlenoses in the mail, and the lady put in an albino regular fin as an extra. These little things are sooooo adorable! Does anyone else have any?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	No i don't have or seen any. Can you please post a picture. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
castlequest Fish Addict Posts: 661 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Feb-2003	I'm not home with them right now, but I'll be sure to get a picture within the next few days for you!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I have 3 normal BN & would like to see the long finned ones. Thanks alot. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
~jamie~ Big Fish Posts: 463 Kudos: 671 Votes: 65 Registered: 08-May-2004	Here is a picture courtesy of [link=www.aqualandpetsplus.com]http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Catfish,%20Plecoctomus,%20Bristlenose.htm" style="COLOR: #000000[/link] *~jamie~ attached this image:*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Don't have them personally, but I've seen them in stores. I think they just look too "frilly", if that's the right word. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	I've seen them, but they were about as small as guppies in terms of body size; the fins made the fish appear pretty big, but the fish themselves were small. I didn't feel like paying the price listed for them.:%) -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
castlequest Fish Addict Posts: 661 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Feb-2003	I got 6 for $42 and that includes shipping off of aquabid. They wanted $10 each out of auction, so I think it's a good deal. Of course these are very small, and larger specimens will be a bit pricier.
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Though they are indeed pretty, I do not particularly have an affinity for what I would call purposely deformed fish. You did get a rather good deal on them, however.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
~jamie~ Big Fish Posts: 463 Kudos: 671 Votes: 65 Registered: 08-May-2004	I like the regular ones myself too. I have like 16 Edit: I mean the regular finned albino Last edited by ~jamie~ at 05-Aug-2005 15:06
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
castlequest Fish Addict Posts: 661 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Feb-2003	Here are a couple piccies, first one includes the albino normal finned one. http://themary.org/aquaria/DSCN1627.JPG http://themary.org/aquaria/DSCN1628.JPG So, are they just mutations of normal bn and is the longfinned able to bred to shortfin as in bettas?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Yes, the longfin gene is a recessive mutation. To get longfin babies, you will have to breed two longfin adults together (not one longfin and one regular one). I too prefer the short fins to the long... Something about a long-finned pleco just doesn't seem right. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	The second picture is very beautiful & thanks alot for posting them. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
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