Ancistrus temminckii Black Bushynose Pleco ????

Been looking to purchase some of these little guys, to have sometime different to clean my tanks. Always looking for cheap labor, LoL... Has anyone kept these bushys???

Pic as follows:



A little information as follows:

http://www.africancichlids.net/articles/ancistrus_temminckii/

What do you think about these??

They are algae eating machines. Love them! The albino ones look great too. I have both and they do a great job. Love the bristles on them! If you get a pair, they'll breed if you provide them with adequate cover. Be sure to put some driftwood in there too.

thanks for the comment. I think they are pretty cool too. So i am ordering 5 on monday. wish they came in stripes, LOL dots will do for the time being.. LOL Just wanted something with a little color. Didnt think many of the fish hobbyist on here had any. Always wanting to try something different.

Dots look pretty cool, some even have greenish patches on them. Here's pics:


Albino with his clutch of babies


Brown Male


Brown Female

Yep that's the stripes. All right. Next year better be a good year cause I already sent JoJo an order

Very cute. That's a common Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus. I have 2 females one like yours and an albino. Why are getting 5 more? These guys do better alone or in a pair. They might fight with eachother if they don't have much space.

They are very active plecos. I love mine. My brown one is the best fish she cleans the plants glides around.

A common easy to find stripe small pleco is the clown pleco. But they are not good at cleaning algae. I have one she is 2 yr old.

they are for multiple tanks.... after to grow up a little.. just want to be sure of getting a couple of pairs.... lol

I love my Bushy/Bristlenoses! They do a great job!

These guys do fine with multiple fish per tank. I breed mine with 1 male to about 6 females. The male is almost always on eggs or fry because there is always a gravid female ready after I take his fry. I have 40-50 breeders in brown, albino and albino long fin. I raise the fry in a 55 once they get to about an inch and may have 250 or more in the tank. Just need regular water changes and a large filter running. I have been doing them for 8-10 years, relly wonderful fish.

bristlenosedude wrote:

These guys do fine with multiple fish per tank. I breed mine with 1 male to about 6 females. The male is almost always on eggs or fry because there is always a gravid female ready after I take his fry. I have 40-50 breeders in brown, albino and albino long fin. I raise the fry in a 55 once they get to about an inch and may have 250 or more in the tank. Just need regular water changes and a large filter running. I have been doing them for 8-10 years, relly wonderful fish.

Nice! Welcome to the site BN dude. It is always good to have you around. The pair you gave me at the TCA auction about a year ago have already created about 100 lilttle ones. I need more females. Got any big ones for sale? THanks!

The only adults for sale are males. I have them in brown, albino and albino long fin. True Percula pretty much wiped me out on 1.5" fry last weekend but I have 500+ growing out now that will be there pretty soon. Since I switched all my adults around they have been spawning like crazy. I have browns, albinos and albino long fins on eggs or fry now.

Nice work my friend. Do you have any big BN males?

I have a few nice browns and 2 pretty nice albino long fins. I couldn't reply to your PM because I don't have enough posts yet. Nice site but a little disctacting with all the large avitars and signatures on each post.

I need some female ABN. Anyone have any?