Catfish and Plecos
Rubber-Nosed Pleco
Chaetostoma formosae
Photo: Frank M. Greco · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–25 °C
- pH6.5–7.5
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Orinoco and Meta River Basins (Colombia)
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 25°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 4 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- subtropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- herbivore (algae, biofilm, vegetables)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Mountain river pleco: requires cool, well-oxygenated water with a current. A good algae eater that does not grow larger than 10 cm.
