Catfish and Plecos
Clown Pleco
Panaqolus maccus
Photo: Jarne Colman · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank80 l
- Adult size9 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Orinoco Basin (Venezuela), (Colombia)
- Size
- 9 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 80 L
- Diet
- herbivore – xylophagous (eats wood; vegetables and tablets)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; the male tends to the clutch in a cave
Notes: Known as L104. Black and gold stripes and a moderate size. It needs wood in the aquarium, because it scrapes at it and the wood is part of its diet.
