Difference between calico and marble

About 2 months ago I was forced to take a 55 gal which was a BN breeding project that my friend didn't have time for. She told me they were not regular but I figured she was optimistic. Well i'm now addicted to fancy plecos and bichirs[had 2 buy 2nd tank when I realized they are NOT community fish lol].

Well I now realize they are actually marble BN. I also have an albino BN that has a light marble pattern, is that a Calico?

marble and calico are the same thing. Commons can have mottled colours but the calicos or marbles are more orange.

thefredpit wrote:

About 2 months ago I was forced to take a 55 gal which was a BN breeding project that my friend didn't have time for. She told me they were not regular but I figured she was optimistic. Well i'm now addicted to fancy plecos and bichirs[had 2 buy 2nd tank when I realized they are NOT community fish lol].

Well I now realize they are actually marble BN. I also have an albino BN that has a light marble pattern, is that a Calico?

Pictures really help when asking anything about identification. If you post a couple of pictues of your BNs on this thread then you will get an answer to what they are.



Jon

Like Jon said if you have some pics thats always a good way to be sure about what you have . make sure its a close up of the fish and not at the other end of the tank.

I could of sworn I posted this earlier

I've tried and tried with no luck to take pics but either thy run and hide or it just turns out blurry but here is a pic I found with the same pattern/colors
although some have more of a light grey for the light color

common, not marble

damn oh well they are still cool

I agree with Doug that its a comman but i have seen some comman that has some really nice patterns and color to them

Nice looking male , not to mention a great photo!