i have put a new vid in my profile as i caught them surfing under a leave, at the end of the vid, you will c a better look of the one pleco,i also put two new photos aswell of them i swear the one looks different everytime im sure hes a chemelion sorry quality not good i know , also if anyone can paste the vid or new pics here it would help as i dont know how, thanx in advance xxxx

I would almost guarantee that is a bristlenose catfish

im going to have a problem later on with my oscars eating them, will have to maybe rehome will watch this space oh dear, xx

Bristlenose catfish max out at about 5 inches, however they'd take quite a long time to get there, possibly two or three years. I know I had some and they were very slow growing

yeah mine are 8months now,i had them as fry with my african cichlids, im amazed they have survived lol xxx

The unidentified pleco may indeed be a ancistrus dolichopterus
I found this today:


like i said before i rehomed my ancistrus for i wasn't sure my O wouldnt eat it.

if it is a bristlenose then well done! i have them in my big tank atm, great fish!! dont get 2 big and thus dont outgrow yr tank or s**t for england like a common pleco! ...altho they do still crap alot! and do a great job of cleaning yr tank...my big tank is fairly new so plenty of algea of the bristlenose...not even feeding it atm and it grown nicely, reckon its about full grown now

hi matt ,so i take it they are fine with your oscars

Mine did live with my Oscar for a year, but i know the plecos defence system can pose a threath when swallowed by an oscar.
Once swallowed a pleco will extend all his spines, and lock them.





Mind you, both fish in the picture did not survive, not even after removing the pleco, for the O couldn't close his mouth after the incedent.
Given a good cave , what every pleco should have, the Oscar may not even be interrested, but i didn't want to take any risk to find something like above.
Any pleco above 8 " is fine for me.

nooooooo !!!!!! THAT LOOKS LIKE A NIGHTMARE,