Identified by the small white
spots and bands to the body. As in this genera the
males have bushy tentacles to the mouth area and the
females mouth tentacles are smaller. Appeared in the
Datz magazine of Sept. 1994. pages 602-604.
Aquarium Care: The Ancistrus genera
make good community fish where they do not grow too
big for the aquarium. Some species have different
requirements in the aquarium so best to read up on
the species you have whereas if they need higher oxygen
requirements or not, or if they prefer cooler waters
if they originate from the southern parts of South
America against the species from further up north.
Diet: Vegetable foods such as cucumber
and courgette and also tablet and meaty foods. Reproduction:
The female lays her eggs in caves or crevices... that
the male has chosen and cleaned.... as a cluster.
The male usually then guards the eggs after ejecting
the female. The fry then cling to the sides of the
cave and when they use up their yolk sac, which is
around the four to seven day period, they will be
ready to feed on infusuria, vegetable matter, brine
shrimp naupli or micro worms. In a community tank
a few will survive if enough hiding places are afforded
to them.
Common
Name:
L180
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Loricariidae
Distribution:
South America:Brazil, Maranhão, Rio Lageado.
Size:
14.0cm. (5½ins)
Temp:
25-29°c (77-85°f.)
p.H.
6.0-7.5.
Reference:
All L-Numbers Datz
Special.www.datze.de Seidel, I.
2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen,
Germany 208 p.
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