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Found on one of Ian Fullers tours with GoWildPeru in 2017 in the Río Las Piedras, a small tributary to the Río Madre Dios near Puerto Maldonaldo. Featured in the DATZ magazine of December 2018. Sexual Differences: Males as per this genus have bushy tentacles on the head, whereas the females have them shorter. 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. Remarks: Ancistrus sp. L392 is the same species.

L513, L392, Ancistrus sp. "Gold Star"

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Loricariidae

Peru: Madre de Dios. Type Locality: Río Las Piedras, a small tributary to the Río Madre Dios near Puerto Maldonaldo.

15.0cm. (6ins)

22-27°c (71-81°f.)

6.0-7.5.

DATZ Fuller, Ian “Ancistrus sp. 'Gold Star' (L 513). December 2018.
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