Common name/s: Golden Nugget Pleco.
Scientific name: Baryancistrus sp.
Family: Loricariidae.
Origin: Amazon, Brazil, Rio Xingu.
Maximum size: 14" has been recorded but 8" is more likely in captivity, slow growing.
Care: Excellent water conditions are required with a soft and slightly acidic PH prefered. Provide caves and bogwood as a retreat for the fish during daylight hours. They can be a territorial bottom dweller that will occupy a hiding place and keep it to itself, with other Golden Nuggets they are highly territorial.
Feeding: These fish require a varied diet including meaty foods like Bloodworms, they will also except more vegetable based foods like cucumber and algae wafers. Try to feed before lights out with newly introduced fish to give them a chance to feed as they are nocturnal.
Sexing and Breeding: Not detailed breeding reports, difficult to sex even in mature adults.
Comments: A highly attractive fish that makes a shy but wonderful addition to a tank. There are actually three species, L018, L081 and L177. L018 believed to smaller than others reaching a maximum length of 6".
Scientific name: Baryancistrus sp.
Family: Loricariidae.
Origin: Amazon, Brazil, Rio Xingu.
Maximum size: 14" has been recorded but 8" is more likely in captivity, slow growing.
Care: Excellent water conditions are required with a soft and slightly acidic PH prefered. Provide caves and bogwood as a retreat for the fish during daylight hours. They can be a territorial bottom dweller that will occupy a hiding place and keep it to itself, with other Golden Nuggets they are highly territorial.
Feeding: These fish require a varied diet including meaty foods like Bloodworms, they will also except more vegetable based foods like cucumber and algae wafers. Try to feed before lights out with newly introduced fish to give them a chance to feed as they are nocturnal.
Sexing and Breeding: Not detailed breeding reports, difficult to sex even in mature adults.
Comments: A highly attractive fish that makes a shy but wonderful addition to a tank. There are actually three species, L018, L081 and L177. L018 believed to smaller than others reaching a maximum length of 6".