All assigned numbers: L173
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Appearance: Somewhat trickier to identify, this animal was once encompassed within the h. zebra designation, until in the mid 2000's, DATZ rescinded its initially claim to synonymy. It remains a hot topic of debate as to whether these are the same species, but they do bear a striking resemblance to one another-yet each has its own distinct morphological affectations. If it were up to me, at the very least, I would refer to them as subspecies, but I'm no ichthyologist. Aside from h. zebra, there is very little opportunity for mistaking this animal with any other hypancistrus. With a somewhat darker blue base coloration and a larger, heftier build in respect to h. zebra, it is rightfully placed in its own loricariidae number. Furthermore, it bears a very notably elongated caudal fin and bears polymorphic curvatures in its famed zebra black stripes. There is significant overlap in animals terms of what one might refer to as a zebra and what one would call L-173, however, the above benchmarks are what one should aim for if trying to procure this number.**
More info: Identification of Hypancistrus
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Diet: An omnivore thats leans towards a meatier diet, so the main diet should consist of meaty foods such as frozen foods (tubifex, mosquito larvae, blood worms, artemia), dry foods (freeze-dried foods, flakes, granules), carnivore sinking pellets, and occasionally some small pieces of shrimp, mussels or fish fillet. Once acclimatized, it will often also accept vegetable matter such as algae/spirulina disks and fresh vegetables (lettuce, zucchini/courgette, eggplant/aubergine, capsicum, carrot, peas, preboiled spinach).
This species usually does not eat algae (it lacks suitable teeth for that task), so it's not a suitable fish to keep your tank free of algae.
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** Thank you to cup for permission to use the profile information from the Identification of Hypancistrus article
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Appearance: Somewhat trickier to identify, this animal was once encompassed within the h. zebra designation, until in the mid 2000's, DATZ rescinded its initially claim to synonymy. It remains a hot topic of debate as to whether these are the same species, but they do bear a striking resemblance to one another-yet each has its own distinct morphological affectations. If it were up to me, at the very least, I would refer to them as subspecies, but I'm no ichthyologist. Aside from h. zebra, there is very little opportunity for mistaking this animal with any other hypancistrus. With a somewhat darker blue base coloration and a larger, heftier build in respect to h. zebra, it is rightfully placed in its own loricariidae number. Furthermore, it bears a very notably elongated caudal fin and bears polymorphic curvatures in its famed zebra black stripes. There is significant overlap in animals terms of what one might refer to as a zebra and what one would call L-173, however, the above benchmarks are what one should aim for if trying to procure this number.**
More info: Identification of Hypancistrus
Compatibility:
Sexing and Breeding:
Diet: An omnivore thats leans towards a meatier diet, so the main diet should consist of meaty foods such as frozen foods (tubifex, mosquito larvae, blood worms, artemia), dry foods (freeze-dried foods, flakes, granules), carnivore sinking pellets, and occasionally some small pieces of shrimp, mussels or fish fillet. Once acclimatized, it will often also accept vegetable matter such as algae/spirulina disks and fresh vegetables (lettuce, zucchini/courgette, eggplant/aubergine, capsicum, carrot, peas, preboiled spinach).
This species usually does not eat algae (it lacks suitable teeth for that task), so it's not a suitable fish to keep your tank free of algae.
Water parameters:
Max Size:
Bred by:
Additional Comments:
** Thank you to cup for permission to use the profile information from the Identification of Hypancistrus article