Otocinclus for a Orinico biotype

[catfishchaos]

Hello everybody

Some of you might have seen my other thread where I am making a biotype for

Tatia musaica

in another forum and that thread can be located here http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =7&t=42018

I felt I should post here because it is a Loricariidae family member I'm inquiring about. I am trying to find an Ideal species of Otocinclus for a 29 gallon tank community theme. The planned stock list currently is as follows:

7-12

Carnegiella strigata

3-4

Dicrossus filamentosus

5-6

Tatia musaica

6

Corydoras habrosus

In this setup there is going to be a few tangles of branches, some stone and a couple plants from the Echinodorus family and I think Otocinclus would be Ideal for the job of keeping things clean (I would obviously be feeding them prepared foods as well). I really like

Otocinclus cocama

however their location just states Amazon, I remain unsure if the Amazon feeds into the Orinico (It doesn't appear to on my maps). If

Otocinclus cocama

doesn't fit the biotype, then can you recommend a species that will? I know

Otocinclus vittatus

fits the bill but I would like something a little less common.

Regards
James

[racoll]

Otocinclus vittatus

and

Corydoras habrosus

are both Llanos species, and therefore not biotope correct at all.

Otocinclus cocama

is from the Upper Amazon in Peru, and is not found anywhere near the Upper Orinoco.

You need to be looking at

Acestridium

for your Atabapo biotope tank.

[nvcichlids]

not to mention, but your tank seems fully stocked IMO

[racoll]

Yeah, I thought the same thing. That's a lot of fish for a small tank.

I would just keep the Tatia and the Dicrossus.

[catfishchaos]

Otocinclus vittatus

and

Corydoras habrosus

are both Llanos species, and therefore not biotope correct at all.

Otocinclus cocama

is from the Upper Amazon in Peru, and is not found anywhere near the Upper Orinoco.

You need to be looking at

Acestridium

for your Atabapo biotope tank.

not sure understand this completely, If these fish are not from the Orinico then Catelog needs to be updated as I found these fish by clicking on the Orinico link (see other species from this area link)

Would just the 5-6

Tatia musaica

, 3-4

Dicrossus filamentosus

and a group of 7-8

Carnegiella strigata

be ok in that size tank?

[racoll]

They are from the Orinoco drainage, but what I mean to say is that "Orinoco" is not a biotope any more than "Africa" is a biotope. It's a huge area comprising some very different environments.

A biotope is a specific habitat from a specific place at a specific point in time.

If you want to keep random Orinoco fishes together, that's no problem, but it has little biological meaning.