Bristlenose 3cm - 4cm

Not-sexed 3cm Bristlenose

These are standard Bristlenose (Ansistrus cf. Cirrhosus) at about 3cm to 4cm long (4 to 6 months old) It is impossible to tell the gender at this age so they are as they come - pot luck so to speak.

• FAMILY:

  Loricariidae

• SCIENTIFICNAME:

  Ancistrus cf. Cirrhosus

• ORIGIN:

  Amazon basin, rapid-flowing tributaries

• OTHER NAMES:

  Bristlenose pleco, bristlenose catfish, bushynose catfish, bushy nose

• ADULT SIZE:

  7.5 cm to 13 cm (3 to 5 inch)

• DIET:

  Herbivore

• SOCIAL:

  Placid, although males can be territorial

• DWELLS:

  Typically bottom & caves - hides

• SPACE:

  30 - 40 litre tank or more (10 gallons +)

• PH:

  5.5 to 7.8

• TEMP:

  23 to 28 degrees celcius (73 to 81 F)

• HARDNESS:

  2 to 30 dGH (35.8 to 535 PPM)

• LIFE SPAN:

  About 5 years

We do not regularly post fish at this time so collection from Boolarra will be necesarry.

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