Catfish and Plecos
Red-tailed Otocinclus
Parotocinclus maculicauda
Photo: Diogo Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–25 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Coastal rivers in southeastern Brazil
- Size
- 5 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 25°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
- 60 L
- Diet
- herbivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A small loricarid with reddish fins. It feeds on fine algae and biofilm; it prefers slightly cooler water.
