Hi there,
I regularly breed bristlenose to supply my local fish store and they take around 300-600 fish from me per month. I have 5 breeding pairs and they are all in seperate tanks to avoid cross breeding as some are different colours (blue eyed lemons, green phantom and starlight bristlenose)
I have just been checking one of my growout tanks after a water change to see how the fry are doing and I have come across a pink one. This has come from a batch of German Super Reds which are bright orange in colour. None of the other fry are this colour. I have done some searching online and can’t find any bristlenose which have such a deep pink colour like this.
Does this look like a genetic colour mutation to you guys? Also would you try and line breed this to produce more pink bristlenose? I definitely will be growing it out to see what colour it turns out when at the 9 months mark.
Also please ignore the particles in the tank, I’ve just done a water change and all the particles have lifted.
Posted by drdonkeybreath
4 Comments
If it retains this coloration that is super cool and I think with how extravagant the L-numbers market is, I’m sure there would be a place for it (again if it retains this coloration and can be passed on)
I swear for a minute I thought it was some sort of glow pleco or something.
I think it’s definitely worth keeping it and a few siblings to see if the color keeps or can be bred through. I have zero knowledge of pleco genetics, but I wonder if this is an albino with the red gene. That would explain the lighter base with the pink appearance.
It does look like its a color and not a healt issue but I almost feel like we would have seen this way more because ancistrus are so super common and easy to breed surely there would be more but hey on the other hand there is a first time for everything