Catfish and Plecos
Striped Royal Pleco
Panaque armbrusteri
Photo: JSutton93 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature25–29 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Tapajós and Teles Pires Rivers (Brazil)
- Size
- 40 cm
- Temperature
- 25 – 29°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 L
- Diet
- xylophagous and herbivorous
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as L027. Olive gray with light-colored fin edges. Like the royal pleco, it requires driftwood and very powerful filtration.
