Clown pleco
Panaqolus maccus
Also called clown panaque.
Must have wood to rasp. It is food, not decoration, for this one.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 9 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 100 L, at least 70 cm long
- Temperature
- 23 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.8
- Hardness
- 4 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- wood and vegetables
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 10 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a clown pleco fits the tank you have.