Catfish and Plecos
Multiradiate Pleco
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
Photo: Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank500 l
- Adult size50 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Origin
- Orinoco and Amazon Basins
- Size
- 50 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom
- Behavior
- peaceful
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 500 L
- Diet
- herbivore – omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Related to the sailfin pleco, with a spotted pattern. Grows very large; considered invasive in many tropical countries.
