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My plecos had spawned a couple times, but the community was not very friendly to the babies, so I finally moved the pair to their own tank a week ago. Wednesday, one of the fish was stuck between two rocks. I moved the rock that was pinning it, and it swam off. By Thursday evening, it was really not doing well and was dead yesterday morning. Since I never could tell male from female in plecos, I guess I will give up. lol

So sorry to hear that. Similar to what happened to my pair of plecos I had a couple years ago. Always a bit depressing.

I don't know if it works with all species of bushynose, but from my experience the males have a red "hour glass" on their forehead. It's very noticeable on albinos, but not so noticeable on regular colored ones. That's in addition to the bush thing on the face. Denny