All assigned numbers: L034
Name: Ancistrus ranunculus
Common Names: Medusa pleco
Location Rio Xingu, Pará, Brazil
Photos:
Appearance: A very flat bodied fish for an ancistrus with an extremely wide head, all brown or black bodied with vast bristle growth
Compatibility: a very peaceful if somewhat shy pleco, suitable for any community set up.
Sexing and Breeding: Males and females will both grow large bristles although males will have a much heavier amount of groth.
Believed to be a cave spawner, with preference to smooth round caves such as plastic pipe.
Diet: still omnivorous like all ancistrus but with a more carnivorous tendancy, a varied diet should be offered with meaty food and fresh veg occassionally.
will accept most commercially available foods
Water parameters: A fairly hardy sp that can tolerate most water types, ph ideally around neutral but any stable level between 6.4 and 7.8 is fine, temerature should be between 25 and 29c
Max Size: around 5"
Bred by:
Additional Comments: when mature, A. Ranunculus look stunning, with their massive heads full of branched bristles, its easy to see how they got called Medusa pleco
Name: Ancistrus ranunculus
Common Names: Medusa pleco
Location Rio Xingu, Pará, Brazil
Photos:
Appearance: A very flat bodied fish for an ancistrus with an extremely wide head, all brown or black bodied with vast bristle growth
Compatibility: a very peaceful if somewhat shy pleco, suitable for any community set up.
Sexing and Breeding: Males and females will both grow large bristles although males will have a much heavier amount of groth.
Believed to be a cave spawner, with preference to smooth round caves such as plastic pipe.
Diet: still omnivorous like all ancistrus but with a more carnivorous tendancy, a varied diet should be offered with meaty food and fresh veg occassionally.
will accept most commercially available foods
Water parameters: A fairly hardy sp that can tolerate most water types, ph ideally around neutral but any stable level between 6.4 and 7.8 is fine, temerature should be between 25 and 29c
Max Size: around 5"
Bred by:
Additional Comments: when mature, A. Ranunculus look stunning, with their massive heads full of branched bristles, its easy to see how they got called Medusa pleco