All assigned numbers: L262
Name:
Location: Brazil: Pará, Rio Tapajós (Boim-Itaituba)
Photos:
Appearance: A diminutive, highly attractive species, this fish is dusted with hundreds of small spots-the stark contrast between the spots and the background hue as well as the sheer number of said spots gives the fish a sort of glistening appearance. It does, however, to the untrained eye, bear a striking similarity to L-136 and the Rio Guama L-numerals. It is the smallest fish of the group, however, and is a more compact animal than the aforementioned fishes. It also has a generally dark base coloration relative to the other animals.**
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: 8-10cm.
Bred by:
Additional Comments:
** Thank you to cup for permission to use the profile information from the Idenification of Hypancistrus article
Name:
Location: Brazil: Pará, Rio Tapajós (Boim-Itaituba)
Photos:
Appearance: A diminutive, highly attractive species, this fish is dusted with hundreds of small spots-the stark contrast between the spots and the background hue as well as the sheer number of said spots gives the fish a sort of glistening appearance. It does, however, to the untrained eye, bear a striking similarity to L-136 and the Rio Guama L-numerals. It is the smallest fish of the group, however, and is a more compact animal than the aforementioned fishes. It also has a generally dark base coloration relative to the other animals.**
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: 8-10cm.
Bred by:
Additional Comments:
** Thank you to cup for permission to use the profile information from the Idenification of Hypancistrus article