Catfish and Plecos
Striped Raphael Catfish
Platydoras armatulus
Photo: Piotr Kuczynski · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Doradidae
- Origin
- Amazon River Basin, Orinoco and Paraguay
- Size
- 20 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Peaceful (eats small fish at night)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- Omnivorous (snails, worms)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Black with a horizontal white stripe. Very hardy and feeds on snails. Its spines get caught in nets: use a container.
