Red Marble Pleco
It has a wider head and is much shorter fatter and flatter than the common pleco.
Red marble pleco. As is the way with the common bristlenose they are pretty fertile and as soon as the pure strain got introduced into the market it quickly spread across europe and over the atlantic. Click here to see several more pictures of this fish. They have a flattened body covered in bony plates and as they reach maturity they sprout tentacle like branches from their head. Special treatment for your pleco.
A young premium quality red eye albino plecostomus in one of our aquariums when one of us snapped this picture. Gold marble bristlenose pleco will also do well in tropical planted aquariums as their small size allows them to feed on algae growing on the plants without damaging the plants in the process. The average bristlenose pleco lifespan is at least five years but there have been instances where this fish has lived up to 12 years in captivity. The super red form was first line bred from the calico form of the common bristlenose in germany.
Your pleco is a hardy fish and receives the usual acclimation to any aquarium. They are very peaceful with dissimilar species but are quite territorial towards other plecos. The males tentacles are longer and more. The red lizard whiptail plecostomus is referred to as l010a or l 10a by most hobbyists.
Premium fish like these catfish are more energetic more hardy and more colorful than. Rocks and driftwood help to accent a natural habitat and provide hiding spaces to reduce stress for the red lizard whiptail plecostomus. These are also called calico bristlenose plecos or if you ve been keeping fishes for awhile these were the true chocolate bristlenose plecos in the 90 s. The bristlenose catfish is one of the smallest aquarium catfish and will grow up to an average of 3 5 inches.
Planted aquariums with high aeration and water movement make for a healthy environment. The zebra pleco and the bristlenose pleco for sale get along well with other tropical fish because they are non aggressive plant eaters. Premium plecostomus c atfish of this quality are rarely seen in live fish stores or in online fish stores.