Albino Bushienosed pleco By Rud

Albino Bushienosed pleco

By Rudy McEniry

About 8 months ago my father (Dick McEniry)
Bought 3 pairs of Albino Bushienose Plecos (Ancistrus
Sp.) After listening to other breeders and hearing their
succeses with the Pleco, I realized the fish is not just a
Herbivore. Yes one of their foods they relish is algae, but
they also like to eat frozen blood worms, Adult frozen
brine shrimp, And even baby brine shrimp (freshly
hatched) I’ve also learned that some need “Elephant
wood” in their diet, But that is for more rare and delicate
species. Albino plecos have to hide in caves and under
rocks. It is very easy to sex them. Males will have wider
abdomine and they will have a growth on their nose, that
looks like a bush. Females have a much narrower abdomine
and not as big of a bush on their nose. Breeding
the Albino Bushienose Pleco is not that difficult, just give
the plecos many dark caves and hiding spots. Some
catfish do not like bright light. Be sure to give the plecos
a constant supply of algae or par boiled vegatables., like
Zucchini. Also vary their diet up with frozen foods and
newly hatched baby brine, Even though Adult plecos
may look to big for brine they will love it as a treat once
in a while. I keep all my adult plecos in one 30 gallon
tank with 2 box filters. I keep the Temp around 77-80
degrees Fahrenheit. They will normally breed once a
month. The firs time mine bred, they were in a cave
3”x3”x3” the female layed about 30 eggs. After the eggs
hatched I took the fry and put them in a 10 gallon tank
with baby Guppies. Once the Ancistrus consumed their
egg sacks they take algae wafers and baby brine
shrimp. When the fry hatch they are 3/4 of an inch. For
Adult plecos I keep them in their own tank by themselves
just for breeding. The most eggs I got with one
breeding was 60. The male is 7 1/2 inches long and the
female was 6 inches. This pair has only bred once
though. It takes the fry about one year to grow up for
them to get to beeding size. These fish are very unique
and I plan on breeding this pleco for a long time.