Ancistrus sp. "L 528"

Ancistrus sp. "L 528"
 
Family
 
Subfamily
 
Tribe
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
Ancistrus sp. "Río Paraguay"
Paraguay-Rotflecken-Antennenwels
Red-spotted bristlenose catfish
Rotflecken-Antennenwels
Rotpunkt-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx.  13 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
23 - 27 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
rio Paraguai basin

Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil

Río Paraná ➙ río de la Plata

˜[ -18.994,-57.660 ]
Map to Ancistrus sp. "L 528"
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
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.
from genus: Standard
Back to Nature
 
 
from
to
 
Quantity
 
35
 
Temp.
23
27
 
pH
6.00
8.00
 
GH
8
8
 
KH
 
NO³
 
Cond.
300
400
 
 
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.254
  • Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2008) P.76
Pic. 2: Ancistrus sp. "L 528"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
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