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Hi,
I have an Orange Spot Pl*co and am wondering if there are any special care requirements? All help is apprecieated.

ElectricYellowPlecostomus

I have 3 of them. They need wood. Mine get a varied diet of algae wafers, zucchini, blood worms, flakes, and anything else from pellets to bioblend herbivoire that makes its way to the bottom of the tank.

I have my temp at 78, lots of water flow and a ph of 6.8.
Here's a picture of one of my girls.


Here's a link to info about Panaque albomaculatus.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=732

Hi Candice!
Thanks for all the info! I will use your facts and the link you gave me as a guidline to keep my orange-spot. Also, is cucumber ok for them? Thanks!

ElectricYellowPlecostomus

i have found that mine doesnt touch cucumber, he prefers meaty foods, prawns and blood worm are relished

They should be given sparingly with meaty food, plenty of wood, and may not realize that cucumber is food... I prefer courgette from cucumber, both because it's slightly more food per weight (there's more water in cucumber than there is in ocean "water" - but the cucumber is good in fibre, so it's not bad - but seeing as these fish LIVE in water, I don't see much point in feeding them more water... )

Beans, melon, spinach, potato, sweet potato/yams, and many other vegetables are fine too...

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Mats

I have an orange spot pleco as well. How can I sex it? It's about 2" without the tail. How large do they get?

I recently moved mine into a 75-gallon aquarium, along with my giant bristlenose. It adapted quickly and started to explore within moments of being in the tank (unline the bristlenose, which sulked behind a clay pot for a while); they're quite adaptable fish!

Hi!

You can start to sex them with about 4'', I have a trio (1-2) all of them are well over 5''!!
They can reach under good aquarium condtions 6'' TL!!

Cheers
Yann