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Flash Plec, Clown Plec Panaqolus L204 Panaque L204

Category: Catfish - Loricariidae

Size: 7-9cm

Price: £54.95 each

Discount: No discounts available

Stock: 6 in stock

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Water Chemistry: Adaptable

Care Level: Easy

Schooling Fish: No

Sociability: Peaceful

Diet: Special Needs

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Now classified as Panaqolus albivermis.
These are little crackers - wild caught from Peru

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Further details:

Further information can be found below:

Fish type:	tropical
Male or Female	Cannot be sexed
Water conditions:	These fish are currently kept in water Ph 6.8 and Soft
Breeding:	TBC
Volume Discount:	No discounts available
Size:	7-9cm

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Panaque L204 (Flash Plec, Clown Plec, Panaqolus L204)

A medium-sized loricariid catfish that shares the standard Panaque feature of large, spoon-like teeth used for shredding plant material, particularly wood. Juveniles are brightly coloured with chocolate brown and yellow bands, but these fade somewhat as the fish mature.

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Fish information (behaviour and breeding):

Panaque require a diet based mostly on plant foods of various types: soft vegetables, algae wafers and especially bogwood. Unlike other grazing catfish, Panaque are able to digest wood, and according to some experts when provided with too much protein and too little wood fibre they become sickly. Meaty foods such as bloodworms and standard catfish pellets can be used, but only sparingly. Eats some green algae, but not a particularly effective "algae eater".

Under aquarium conditions these catfish generally prove to be hardy and easy to care for, but newly imported specimens can be delicate.

Has been bred in home aquaria. Males guard the eggs inside a suitable cave. Essentially similar to breeding Ancistrus spp., though females may need more careful conditioning prior to spawning.

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Fish Details:

Further fish details are shown below:

Distribution	South America: Peru, Upper Ucayali River
Temperature	24-28 C
Size	Up to 13 cm
Water Parameters	Adaptable, but avoid extremes
Water PH	6.0-8.0