Thinking about a Hypostomus (L233) - any advice?
Posted: 13 Jul 2017, 20:50
I was at Pier Aquatics today and an attractive pleco, yellow with black spots caught my eye - in fact there were two, each about 5" SL and possibly one of each sex as one had more odontodes on the pectoral fin spines. After some discussion with Rachael and a quick search on the internet, they're . They've been in the shop for a couple of years but for some reason I'd not spotted them before.
I left empty-handed, as I wanted to do some more research before committing to buying a potentially large fish, but so far I've not gleaned very much from the internet or my books.
Can anyone advise on preferred temperature, diet, aggression etc for this species?
The species datasheet is a little 'thin' but does list a few people with them.
If I did buy one, it would go into my largest (450L) tank which has soft acidic water at about 26C with a continuous drip water-change maintaining excellent quality, and good water circulation from two large external filters and a Gyre wavemaker. Existing bottom-dwellers in there are two 4" and about 10 6" , also a 2" . All these are tank-bred, I bought the L427 in March as a tiddler but the others were spawned here. The tank has a very large amount of driftwood and slate giving many hiding places for plecos.
Is there anything incompatible here? I really liked the look of these but I don't want to give myself a future headache.
Can anyone advise on preferred temperature, diet, aggression etc for this species?
The species datasheet is a little 'thin' but does list a few people with them.
If I did buy one, it would go into my largest (450L) tank which has soft acidic water at about 26C with a continuous drip water-change maintaining excellent quality, and good water circulation from two large external filters and a Gyre wavemaker. Existing bottom-dwellers in there are two 4" and about 10 6" , also a 2" . All these are tank-bred, I bought the L427 in March as a tiddler but the others were spawned here. The tank has a very large amount of driftwood and slate giving many hiding places for plecos.
Is there anything incompatible here? I really liked the look of these but I don't want to give myself a future headache.