Catfish and Plecos
Hypoptopoma
Hypoptopoma gulare
Key facts
- Temperature22–27 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Upper Amazon
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 27°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- herbivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A larger relative of the otocinclus that swims in the middle of the tank. It feeds on biofilm and fine algae.
