Ancistrus sp. "Paraguay"

 
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Ancistrini
 
Group
Ancistrus
 
Genus
Ancistrus
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx.  15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
20 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
exact origin not known

Paraguay
 
 
Ancistrus - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
 
Ancistrus - Overview of the natural diet
Eats plants
not known
Type of keeping
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: The males have more and longer tentacle on the head. Often females have only short tentacle/stublles anlong the mouth.
 
To distinguish the sexes
Caves
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
 
Ancistrus - overview of fins
Sympatric with
Ancistrus pirareta (LDA 53)
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
02/November/2016
 
Ancistrus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.274
  • Kochsiek, Wolfgang: "Ancistrus sp. ‚Rio Paraguay‘ – Der kleine rotbraun Gefleckte aus Paraguay"
    (Amazonas März/April 2009)
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