Which is one of the main reasons this fish is so common in home aquariums. While the Common Pleco can grow in excess of a foot long, the Bristlenose Pleco will generally grow to a maximum length of around 15 cm, making them perfect for home aquariums with at least litres of water or more. Click for all Plecos or Bristlenose live fish at Rebel Pets.
When they are active they will move slowly across the floor of the aquarium doing a superb job of cleaning up algae within the tank. They are very hardy, and can comfortably adapt to live in a wide variety of tank conditions.
Plecos are happy with pretty much any substrate as long as they can forage in the substrate for food. Make sure that their aquarium has plenty of hiding places as they will sleep in these places during the daytime by adding caves and hollowed logs.
You can also use upturned flower pots. Bristle noses love to hide and forage amongst plants and dark spaces. So you should have plenty live plants and decorative ornaments in your aquarium. They also like to rest on driftwood and hide in shipwrecks. They also prefer a tank that is heavily planted. You should make sure these plants are hardy because they like to nibble on them. Faster growing plants such as java moss are ideal. These fish ship individually bagged. Size was exactly as expected.
Finally ordered from a store that the description matched what I received! Rating Required Select Rating 1 star worst 2 stars 3 stars average 4 stars 5 stars best. Email Required. Review Subject Required. Comments Required. Price Now. You save. Gender: Required Male Female. A generally peaceful and hardy species, the Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco is an excellent, undemanding candidate for most aquariums. This smaller size makes for a much more manageable and less messy pleco that can thrive permanently in a well-maintained aquarium as small as 30 to 40 gallons.
Male plecos may be somewhat territorial with other males of their species, but disputes can usually be diffused by providing ample territory and hiding places for each fish. All other tankmates will be generally ignored, although it is possible that small dwarf shrimp fry might fall prey to the Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco.
The Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco is primarily nocturnal, but will often become active during daytime hours once established in an aquarium with plenty of driftwood, rockwork, and other hiding places. It is not known to eat wood heavily like some plecos Panaque sp. The Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco will not bother most plants, but it will eat plenty of algae in the aquarium, especially as a juvenile.
Feed the Blue Eye Lemon Bristlenose Pleco a diet heavy in vegetable matter, including high-quality vegetable flakes, sinking algae wafers and pellets.
It will also appreciate being fed some fresh vegetables such as shelled peas, spinach, zucchini and cucumber. Occasional meaty foods such as bloodworms are also beneficial when fed very sparingly.
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