nice does he have any females to hang with

How do you tell the males and females apart?

males have the fleshy groth on there face while females have some if not none

The reason I ask is I have a bristlenose in my tank, and when I set up a bigger tank I want to get another one. The one I have now is ~2" long and has no "bristles". I guess I have a female. These guys grow so slow. I have had it for almost a year and it has grown only about 1/2" to 1". Does a great job cleaning the tank!

yes they are slow growers have u tried feeding it alge wafers they help

my albino bristlenose male really hadn't grown in the 6 months in the 10 gal tank (got him at about 1.25") now when I moved him into the 20 gal L he has grown nearly 1" in a months time (soo it seems)