Similar to L129
(Hypancistrusdebilittera).Individual specimens can
vary in colour and intensity especially in the orange spectrum.
Similar to the Panaque/Panaqolus
and Peckoltia genera but have fewer and larger teeth in
the lower and upper jaw. Sexual differences:
Males posses a broader and longer head and odontodes on the posterior
part of the body, behind the gill covers and on the pectoral fin
spines. The latter two are a lot shorter in the females.
Aquarium Care: No problem with keeping in groups but only
one Hypancistrus species to a tank as there has been reports
of hybridisation. Diet: Like all Hypancistrussp. they prefer a meaty diet. Feed frozen foods such as
bloodworm and beef heart, live foods such as brine shrimp, white
and grindal worms and prepared foods such as sinking tablets and
presoaked flake food. When young they seen to prefer a liking for
vegetable foods.
Common
Name:
L340,
LDA19, Mega Clown Pleco
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Loricariidae
ycipitidae
Distribution:
South America:
Rio Tomo, Colombia
Size:
10cm. (4ins)
Temp:
25-29°c
(77-85°f.)
p.H.
6.0-7.2.
Reference:
Seidel, I.
2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208
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