Catfish and Plecos
Royal Pleco
Panaque nigrolineatus
Photo: Mattia Nocciola · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank400 l
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Orinoco and Amazon Basins
- Size
- 40 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial with its root)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 400 L
- Diet
- xylophagous (wood) and plant-based
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not reproduce in the aquarium
Notes: Known as L190. Dark stripes on a gray background and red eyes. It gnaws on wood, so it needs driftwood in the aquarium, and it produces a lot of waste.
