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Bristlenose Catfish (Ancistrus temmincki)
Information
| Common Name: |
Bristlenose Catfish |
| Proper Name: |
Ancistrus temmincki |
| Category: |
Catfish |
| Temperature: |
23 - 27 C |
| Temperament |
Peaceful |
| Maximum Size: |
10 cm |
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Algae Crumpler
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I have an albino version of the Ancistrus and I find it to be a very good algae eater. The trick is not to feed it until it has eaten all the algae it possibly can eat. It has completely cleaned my tank up in less than a week, and its still just a 1" baby!
Amanda
Totally agree with Amanda, wow can this fish eat. Mine are albinos as well and I added 3 of them to my 90 gallon tank which was full of algae. They cleaned most of it up in a few days. I couldnt believe how much these little guys worked. Awesome fish to watch. Now my only problem is that my tank is full of poop. Oh well.
Aaron
Bristlenose Plecos are phenomenal for algae control. Even with biweekly water changes and a planted tank, I still had problems with algae- until I introduced a 1" baby bristlenose to the tank. Soon after, algae has never been back.
JB
I have had 3 bristlenose catfish in my LARGE comunity tank for some time. I have "never" had an algea problem. Now I have been rewarded with more than a clean tank, they have spawned and one day an almighty flock of fry has spread out on the gravel and up the glass and behind the filter and all over the plants! It is brilliant. Just give your male a cave to protect and next come the babies. 
Linda
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Algae Grower
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I have a BN in my 47gal planted community and she's a blast! He is constantly on the go, sucking on the glass, dominating the Algae wafer, polishing of a nice bit of algae, or just laying on Echindorus leaves playing 'Little miss cutie!'.
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Newbie
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I am a new member here and i have been searching high and low for a answer to a problem i have a breeding pair of Bristle's which have spawned with a huge army of fry but then they all just disapered i have done watter changes moved ornaments and sifted gravel but have no fry or bodys could be found. the occupants of my tank are.
2 male bristle's
1 female Bristle
2 Bala Sharks
numerous guppy's
numerous mollys
1 Corry
2 Neon Tetras
we did recently have a Angel Fish but we got rid of it after I found it was eating the baby guppys
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Planted Member
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Very hardy fish. Had a female in our old 15G which grew to about 5", and thrived happily in a community setup. Eventually we had to give her away, as all the other fish had died and we wanted to pack the tank up, but she slotted into a much larger community with no problems.
I now have a young 2.5" female, and she too is thriving with the dalmation mollies in my new 15G.
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