Rubber Lipped Pleco: Care and Species Guide for Beginners
2024年2月27日 · A Rubber Lip pleco will reach a maximum size of 4.2 inches (10.6 cm) in full body size. The Chubby Rubber pleco, as established, will grow up to 7 inches (17.7 cm), which is still not near enough a Common pleco. In small tanks (20 gallons) Chubby plecos should reach about 5 inches at max, before being relocated to a larger one.
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2024年8月24日 · The Rubber Lip Pleco usually exhibits a mottled pattern of dark spots or stripes on a light brown to olive-green background, which serves as effective camouflage in its natural surroundings. As for size, adults can attain a length of up to 5 to 7 inches, making them a suitable addition to larger aquarium setups.
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2006年11月13日 · They come from mountain streams used in fountains to keep them clean. Temp being 58f - 75f. Most are good with other plecos I had a freak. They say that most rubber nose like to be kept with other RN plecos. The spotted RN pleco get to be 6" but the stripped ones only get 3"-4". So your tank is fine.
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US. Dec 26, 2011. #1. So, I bought a rubber lip pleco from pet smart this afternoon and I've been researching how to feed them, and such. I've read they can be bullies. I've read that they are hard to feed. I would like some info on how to feed them, when to feed them, if they are compatible with serpae tetras, neon tetras, and corydoras catfish.
Rubber lip pleco above the water line | Fish Forum - Tropical Fish …
2020年11月5日 · What would cause a new rubber lip to be above the water line? I checked the water parameters and they are perfect (0 Ammon/Nitrite & 5-10 nitrates). I will double check again in the morning, but I would expect detection of ammonia/nitrites if that were the cause of the fish's behavior. I bought this pleco roughly 6 hours ago.
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Jul 17, 2019. #1. I’ve owned two rubber lipped plecos in the last five months and both of them ended up belly up. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, so I came here for advice. I have a 29 gallon freshwater tank with nine white cloud minnows and six Danios. I have a mixture of gravel and dime sized flat glass stones, mostly fake plants ...
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2018年3月5日 · Rubber lip pleco fry (singular)! Planetarium; Oct 22, 2022; Tropical Discussion; Replies 9 Views 736. Oct ...
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2022年10月22日 · I am astonished because from anything I have read they are not really meant to breed and the tank set up is not ideal I was changing a tank around and I moved my two quite large rubber lip pleco into my hospital tank at the beginning of the summer. It is 60 litres and I put a bit of sand and...
20 Hair Algae Eaters for a SPOTLESS Aquarium - AquAnswers
2024年5月19日 · Rubber lip Plecos also have another amazing skill: They consume every kind of freshwater algae. As a result, they are also excellent scavengers of the green layer creeping over tank surfaces, decorations, and even plant materials. For the best results against the most stubborn algae, turn to a rubber-lipped pleco.
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2020年3月14日 · The Rubber Lip Pleco comes from the Chaetostoma genus, most of the species of which inhabit fast-flowing mountain waters in the lower Andes. Note that the water temperature in the aquarium should not drop much below 22 degrees, though this fish will tolerate lower temperatures on occasion.