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Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish

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latin name: Hypostomus plecostomus
common name: Suckerfish

Family: Loricariidae
Continent of origin: South America
Origin country: Suriname,
Size: under 30 cm (11.81 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 300 litre (79 US gal)
Temperature: 22 °C (71.6 °F) - 28 °C (82.4 °F)
pH tolerance: 6 - 7
Water hardness tolerance: 5 - 19 °dKH
Tank type: freshwater tank
Floor water column: bottom
Life span: 15 years
Behavior: aggressive toward their own kind
Care level: easy
Feeding: omnivore -

Similar fish in catalogue: Ancistrus sp., L 027 - Panaque sp. cf. nigrolineatus tapajos, L 200 - Hemiancistrus subviridis, Otocinclus affinis, Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps , Loricaria simillima, Ancistrus sp. ´Gold´, L 046 - Hypancistrus zebra, Sturisoma aureum, Ancistrus multispinnis, L 290 - Squaliforma cf. horrida , Ancistrus cirrhosus, L 183 - Ancistrus dolichopterus, Rineloricaria microlepidogaster, Dasyloricaria filamentosa, Sturisoma barbatum, Ancistrus sp. long fin L, Rineloricaria lanceolata, L 066 - Hypancistrus sp., L 018 - Baryancistrus sp., L 031 - Parancistrus nudiventris, Sturisoma panamense, L 015 - Peckoltia vittata, Otocinclus cocama, L 011 - Squaliforma cf. emarginata, L 187, L 187a, L 178b - Chaetostoma sp., L 002 - Panaque sp., Hypostomus plecostomus Gold, L 010a - Rineloricaria sp. Red, L 121 - Peckoltia braueri, ...

Hypostomus plecostomus is kept in next tanks: Tank No. 281, Tank No. 1170, Tank No. 269, Tank No. 521, Tank No. 618, Tank No. 576, Tank No. 1661, Pigs & Pearl, 30Liter, Tank No. 1885, Amazonas, My Giants, no name, Alfa Zero,

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Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish
Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish
Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish
Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish
Hypostomus plecostomus - Suckerfish

Summary

Hypostomus plecostomus - SuckerfishLatin name:
Hypostomus plecostomus
Common name:
Suckerfish

Family: Loricariidae

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updated: 7th Dec 2009
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