Ancistrus sp. "Schildpatt"

Ancistrus sp. "Schildpatt"
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Ancistrini
 
Group
Ancistrus
 
Genus
Ancistrus
Synonyms
Ancistrus sp. 'tortoiseshell'
Marmor-Antennenwels
Schildpatt-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx.  15 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
22 - 27 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
breeding form from Ancistrus sp. "Gemeiner Antennenwels"
 
 
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.
Can breathe atmospheric
yes
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
multiple
 
 
 
 
Ancistrus - overview of fins
Similar catfishes
Ancistrus sp. "Schildpatt-Orange"
Ancistrus sp. "2-color"
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
16/September/2021
 
Ancistrus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.138
  • Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2008) P.67
Pic. 2: Ancistrus sp. "Schildpatt"
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2
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