Catfish and Plecos
Otocinclus cocama
Otocinclus cocama
Photo: Autor desconocido · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–26 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size4.5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Ucayali River (Peru)
- Size
- 4.5 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- herbivore (biofilm, diatoms, blanched zucchini)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Otocinclus with very distinct black bands on a white background. Delicate at first: introduce into established aquariums with abundant biofilm and acclimate slowly.
