Snowball Pleco
Hypancistrus inspector
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A pleco from the upper Rio Negro in Brazil and Venezuela, known in the trade as L102 ('snowball'). It lives among rocks in rapids. It spawns in caves, and the male guards the eggs.
- Scientific name
- Hypancistrus inspector
- Family
- Loricariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–30 °C
- pH
- 5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–15 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 16 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Substrate or cave spawner
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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