rineloricaria sp. rio paraguay

[john h]

Someone more information about rineloricaria sp. rio Paraguay?
I know that they are mouthbreeders, but what about temperature and feeding?

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

it's the first time that I hear that a Rineloricaria sp. should be a mouthbreeder.
AFAIK they are all cave/tube/substrate breeders.

Are you sure that you are talking about Rineloricaria or do you mean Loricaria ?!

Cheers,

[john h]

Thats how they been called on the stocklist by Wholesale en shop

[Jools]

Yes, they are mouthbrooders but with green eggs. They spawn like

Sturisoma

but low on the glass. I keep them in an unheated tank in my fishroom, about 72-74F. They eat all foods and are hardy; the fry are REALLY hard to raise.



Jools

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

the genera can be distiguished fairly easily if you look at the mouth.


Loricaria nickeriensis


Hemiloricaria/Rineloricaria sp.

Loricaria spp. have long extensions of their lip. as yours also have.

Cheers,

[john h]

Thanks for the replies.

But this specie is not on PCF?

[john h]

Yes, they are mouthbrooders but with green eggs. They spawn like

Sturisoma

but low on the glass. I keep them in an unheated tank in my fishroom, about 72-74F. They eat all foods and are hardy; the fry are REALLY hard to raise.

Jools

In the store I bought them the male was taking them over the sand and the eggs were yellow

[john h]

the fry are REALLY hard to raise.Jools

After 24 hrs their yolk sac disapere and they start eating novotabs from JBL, and after nearly a week they still live

[Jools]

Yes, they are mouthbrooders but with green eggs. They spawn like

Sturisoma

but low on the glass. I keep them in an unheated tank in my fishroom, about 72-74F. They eat all foods and are hardy; the fry are REALLY hard to raise.

Please ignore what I said above, I was talking about my species from Uruguay and not Paraguay - how easy confusion happens!

Jools

[Jools]

This could be

Loricaria simillima

or one of the other 3 described species from the area. We'd need a lot more pictures....

Jools

[CharlieM9]

I agree with @Jools, as it looks like there may possibly be two species or at least two collection locations in that one picture to me...

[john h]

males in the middle










left male, right female








head of female


youngster 1,5 cm




youngster 4,5 cm



Enough pictures?