Catfish and Plecos
Otocinclus macrospilus
Otocinclus macrospilus
Photo: Rainer Schmitt, 2004 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–27 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank50 l
- Adult size4 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Upper Amazon (Peru), (Colombia)
- Size
- 4 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 27°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 50 L
- Diet
- herbivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Otocinclus with a large black spot at the base of its tail. Requires established aquariums with fine algae.
