Data sheet L76 – Orange-fringed dwarf shield catfish
German name:
Orange fringed dwarf shield catfish
Scientific name:
Peckoltia sp. “L76”
Origin:
South America (Rio do Pará, Rio Camaraipi, Rio Pacaj a Pará in Brazil)
Size:
12 cm and maximum 14 cm
Aquarium
Length:
from 150 cm edge length
Contents:
from 350 liters
water values
Temperature:
25°C – 29°C
pH:
5.5 – 7.5 pH
GH:
0 -12 °dGH
CH:
0 and 5 °dKH
Behave
Area:
lower area, ground level, middle area
Lining:
Frozen food, flake food, granules, food tablets
Behave:
Tolerable, peaceful, quiet, sociable, active at dusk, agile, can easily be socialized with other quiet species
Number:
in small groups, 4 to 5 animals
Difficulty level:
Beginner L76 Peckoltia sp. – Orange fringed dwarf sign catfish – Image 1 | © Fishtopia GmbH
L 76, Red Fin Tiger Pleco, belong to the Parancistrus. They come from the Rio Para in Brazil. The animals are about 16 centimeters long.
Suitable water values:
- Temperature: 22 – 25° C
- pH value: approx. 7
Males have many small spines all over the body, but especially on the caudal peduncle and the hard rays of the caudal fin.
You can feel the spines when you hold a male in your hand.
The quilling of the males changes. At times, a male may have scarcely any spines.
A few weeks later, the same male can be quite heavily and conspicuously spined.
The females have no spines but only barely developed skin teeth.