Catfish and Plecos
Red-Finned Otocinclus
Otothyropsis piribebuy
Photo: KushenLuthier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–26 °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
- Piribebuy River (Paraguay)
- Size
- 4 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- subtropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 50 L
- Diet
- herbivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A small, otocinclus-like loricarid with a reddish tail. It eats fine algae in planted nano tanks.
