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Hypostomus
roseopunctatus Reis, Weber & Malabarba, 1990 |
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Aquarium Care:
Peaceful and with being a smaller species of Hypostomus,
although territorial, more than one species to a large tank
would be okay. Tank layout should have bogwood and tough plants
as if the plants are of a soft variety they will eat them if
not given an adequate vegetable diet. Grows large so a spacious
aquarium of 6ft (180cm) or over would need to be catered for.
As this genus in the main are messy eaters, good water quality
and filtration would need to be adhered to. Lower water temperatures
are beneficial to this species. Diet: Algae,
and vegetable foods such as cucumber and courgette (zucchini).
Will also take frozen foods as a treat and sinking tablet foods. |
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Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
South America:
La Plata system: Uruguay basin. Type locality:
Rio Pelotas at road from Esmeralda to Anita Garibaldi, Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil. |
Size: |
23cm. (9ins) |
Temp: |
18-25°c (63-77°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Froese, R. and D. Pauly.
Editors. 2016.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, ( 01/2016 )
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes,
Ettlingen, Germany 208 p
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue
of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
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