Rubber Lip Pleco Algae

This species can primarily be found in the magdalena river in columbia and the apure river in venezuela.

Rubber lip pleco algae.

It is commonly confused with rubber plecos and some pet stores even sell one as the other. My tanks temperature stays between 76 78 f i asked the person in the lfs which pleco would be a good tank mate and described my other fish and i was sold the rubber lip mostly cause my wife said it was cuter then the other choices. Plecos attach themselves to hard surfaces with specially adapted mouth parts. Rubber lip plecostomus at petsmart.

Bulldog pleco chaetostoma pleco gold fin suckermouth head spotted chaestostoma plecostomus chaetostoma pleco l 187a rubber face pleco spotted bulldog. They can live for quite a long time too which makes. Recommended for beginning aquarists. The l number system was devised in order to differentiate the many known species of pleco because a lot of them look alike at first glance.

I had a small algae outbreak so i went to my lfs in search of a pleco to tackle the job. Rubber lip plecos chaetostoma milesi are a freshwater fish that come from south america other common names for this fish are the rubber lipped pleco and the rubbernose pleco. The rubber lip pleco is distinguishable by the spots on its head and it will not grow past 4 5 inches. Up to 12 inches long depending on species average life.

The rubber lip pleco is an ideal fish if you want an algae eater that will not outgrow your aquarium. Up to 5 inches in about 4 5 plus years temp. Some green hair or filamentous algae algae on glass plants and rocks. In fact there are at least 13 known species of rubber nose plecos each with vastly different sizes colour variations and care requirements.

These fish eat a lot of aquarium algae and will spend most of their time at the bottom of the tank no surprise there. Plecos are well known algae eaters that originated in the rivers of the amazon jungle in south america. For example you mentioned rubber lip plecos. This type of pleco is very low maintenance and a lot of fun to care for.