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Ancistrus

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Ancistrus | discovered a surviving pair

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Ancistrus dolichopterus ✔

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ancistrus breeding behavior

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Feeding time - Ancistrus sp. (4) (long fin bristlenose gold/l144 ) vol.3

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Bristlenose Pleco (Ancistrus) Vs. Brown algae - how to get rid of brown algae in aquarium

Ancistrus is a genus of nocturnal freshwater fish in the family Loricariidae of order Siluriformes, native to freshwater habitats in South America and Panama. Fish of this genus are common in the aquarium trade where known as bushynose or bristlenose catfish. Sometimes, they are called bushynose or bristlenose plecos instead, but this may lead to confusion as "pleco" usually is used for Hypostomus plecostomus and a few of its close relatives but is also classed and or sold as a pleco by most places.