My bristlenose

Pep Mum:



Pep Dad:



Both Pep Parents:



Both:



Mum:



Dad:



Both + Pleco tank mate:



Mum (gravid):



Mum (ventral side):



Dad (in breeding log):



Setup (yes there is a random fighting fish - I rescued him from the neglect of my brother):



Pep Fry:



Fry:



Common Fry:



Common Mum:



3cm+ Common Fry:



Female Common BN:



Common Dad (on eggs):

Nice pics!

Love the peps! they look great!

Great Pics mate..loving the pepps....

Awesome!!

im with curby nice peps great pics keep em cumin

Sweet pics love the peps

great pics mate

Great pics - love your peps

Very nice pics!!!!
Are they the starlight type?
Thx

no they are just called peppermints in Australia - L182s, as they only grow to 9cm (3.5 inches), and no white edges on their fins which L183s (Starlights) have. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

L182's grow to 9.8 " if noy larger in the wild....Ancistrus Puntactus,,
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=147

I have a pair of these and my male is nearly at the 9.8" mark....and my female about 7"......

L182's rarely have white tips when young..my first spawn had no white tips whatso ever....

The one's your on about may well be..L071, L181, L249..........

Thats my opinion...

Yeah I was just going by something I read in a forum when I looked up 'starlight' bristlenose, and after reading more about Australian pepps its sounds like no one is certain exactly what L number they are, so I'll just describe mine...

- 9cm
- All black with small bright white dots
- Juveniles have white edges on their fins till they reach about 5cm
- Both have bristles but the male has far more and only the male has bristles growing on top of his head.

so do you think peps are starlights cus my 182's dont look like them peps

No sorry I meant that mine are definately not starlight because they are a lot smaller and that I'm not sure what L number the pepps in Australia are, and from reading different sources no ones can seem to agree on a specific L number for them

I think that peps are just peps in Aus. You can get lost for years in the L number system! They are def not starlight as they are much bigger and from what i have seen more bulky.

Peps are generally bigger than common but starlights get to 18cms on a regular basis i have been told.

WoW! The babies have so much white looks nice they are outlined with white my peps are about 4-6cms and they are only white spotted do they loose the outline?

Yeah the peps lose the white border on their fins as they get older