Suckermouth Catfish

Description: Animal Species: Fish

Newest Review: ... he is a good natured plec who lives quite happily with three freshwater pufferfish and a shoal of goldern wonder Pachaxes. However he is defininately king of the tank, and when he was in the community tank he would quarrel with conspecifics and enforce his own territory. Boris is eclectic in his eating habits and quite happily eats bloodworm, algae wafers and his favorite sliced courgette. ... more

... Beware he is a very messy animal who creates much waste and therefore requires frequent water changes, not so much for himself, as sailfin plecs are tolerent of variations in water quality, but for any other species in the tank. This species also r...more

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Suckermouth Catfish: Great tank mate for large community or species tank (253 words)
by - written on 26/09/08 (Useful, 28 readings)
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I have a 13 inch (At present) sailfin plec (Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps) who resides in a 300 litre tank. His name is Boris and we inherited him about one year ago. Although sailfin plecs are supposedly largely nocturnal, Boris has overcome this adversion to light, in his search for food. Generally he is a good natured plec who lives quite happily with three freshwater pufferfish and a shoal of goldern wonder Pachaxes. However he is defininately king of the tank, and when he was in the community tank he would quarrel with conspecifics and enforce his own territory. Boris is eclectic in his eating habits and quite happily eats bloodworm, algae wafers and his favorite ... Read the complete review

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