Catfish and Plecos
Spade-nosed Catfish
Sorubim lima
Photo: Sitron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank800 l
- Adult size50 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Origin
- Amazon River Basin, Orinoco and Paraná
- Size
- 50 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- low – medium
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (fish predator)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 or a group
- Minimum aquarium size
- 800 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: A snout flattened like a shovel and a black lateral stripe. It spends the day motionless among roots, often upside down. Suitable only for very large aquariums.
