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I just got one of these guys...awesome looking fish. Anyone else have one? Any favorite foods. It is currently in quarintine. I am pretty sure it ate a bottom feeder tablet last night, and tonight it will hopefully find some blood worms (in quarintine with new german rams). I will also try a piece of zuchini as I have found that all plecos I have had (even meat eaters) seem to like it.

standard peckoltia stuff should be fine...

I've got three of these. They did not take to the vegetables that I tried a couple of times. They've settled in on a 2mm pellet that is about 48% protien. I give them a spiriluna pellet every now and again as well. The advice that Janne gives in her article in Shanes World I found very helpfull as well.

Adam

I have 5 of these. I keep them in my cichlid tanks and feed them hbh meatlovers. They have never eaten any of the veggies that I have put in the tank for my bristlenose.

Chris

I have observed mine eating Aquadine flake (protein+community+spirulina mixed for CA cichlids).

Don't know if they eat any zuccini as the ancistrus usually devour it and I also feed live blackworms and frozen bloodworms - haven't really seen them eat much as they are pretty secrative but the foods gone and the fish are fat

Hello all of you

I have 7 of them and about 25-30 little ones

Beside meatstuff etc. they actually love peas (without shell). In fact even Hypancistrus like peas. Try it .... and it looks quite funny, when they "attack" the peas.

Yours
Line

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm glad to hear that they are being captively bred. I read the article about breeding them on Planet Catfish, but I do not have the space or the time to attempt it