Male L201 Pleco
The snowball pleco comes from the rio negro in venezuela which is the largest blackwater river on the globe.
Male l201 pleco. 25 28 c 77 82 4. Pleco and cory breeding. They will also accept quality flakes or wafers.
Caves 1 bristlenose log 14 cm s long entrance 2 5cm s wide 6 bamboo logs. Find near nearer or same. Thanks to the unique water conditions of its natural habitat the snowball pleco has some unique care requirements.
A medium sized pleco that can be combined with a very wide array of tankmates due to its unfussy nature. They will also accept quality flakes or wafers. The l201 snowball pleco hypancistrus sp also known as the orinoco angel pleco is a member of the loricariidae family of south american suckermouth catfishes.
Tank furnishings plenty of driftwood and caves. At what size is the best to breed them too. Substrate very fine mixed gravel purchased from the lfs.
A contraction of the greek hypo meaning less than and ancistrus an allusion to the reduced number of teeth particularly in the lower jaw found in this genus. Pleco catfish l201 is classed as a carnivore. Luckily the fish is quite tolerant and readily adapts to life in captivity.
There are 2 breeding reports read them all here. 120mm or 4 7 sl. Pleco catfish l201 is classed as a carnivore.
Perfectly safe with small fishes and shrimp or robust enough to withstand the attention of all but the largest cichlids. L201 orinoco angel pleco. Although meaty foods is the mainstay of their diet they will also readily accept vegetable matter and spirulina flakes to give them good balanced meals.
Provide them with meaty foods like blood worms and brine shrimp. What size is the male and female you have. This is my alpha male.
Although meaty foods is the mainstay of their diet they will also readily accept vegetable matter and spirulina flakes to give them good balanced meals. That s one big nice healthy l201 pair you have. Loricariidaeusual size in fish tanks.
Provide them with meaty foods like blood worms and brine shrimp. Its black body with large white polka dots makes it a very striking fish for the planted or nano aquarium. Additives indian almond leaves.
6 5 7 7recommended water hardness dgh. 11 14 cm 4 33 5 51 inch recommended ph range for the species. Post by al sun may 11 2008 6 44 pm.
Like many plecos the snowball pleco has generally been a wild caught species but we are proud to be among the first stores.