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Catfish sticking or Ancistrus ordinary aquarium catfish is acting as a medic. Homeland of this fish is considered to South America, they live in a fast-flowing river the Amazon, and is found in the Orinoco and the various reservoirs in Brazil and Peru.

Since catfish lives in fast flowing rivers sticking it has a suction cup mouth, which allows it to stick to rocks and other objects. An interesting feature of this catfish is that it does not have a swim bladder. From fast sailing in the water objects sticking protected catfish strong armor.
Appearance Ancistrus

Has it flattened body, which is covered with a variety of bony plates. The body of his torpedo shaped with a pair of fins on the chest and abdomen. Also it has a large dorsal fin and anal and small adipose fin. His mouth attsistrusa unusual, it is round and suction cups with an abundance horn. On the suckers are so-called horny bumps, they also called float, the float allow scrape various animal and vegetable organisms with stones and other objects.

Ancistrus size is small, 8 – 15 cm, it is one of the smallest aquarium catfish..
Colour

Basically catfish adhered has a dark brown or gray skin color. On the body randomly scattered spots, which gradually reach the strokes on the fins. The abdomen is slightly lighter. Fins or bluish or black. Dorsal and caudal fins are bright rows of dark spots, and on the pectoral and pelvic fins slightly more blurry spots.
sex differences

Ancistrus Females have longer and more slender body than males, and more acute and long fins.

Males around the upper jaw there are skin growths in the form of whiskers. The old ladies, they can reach the size and branches up to 2 cm.
The content of the aquarium

Catfish sticking in his homeland lives in waters with a hardness of 4-5 °, and acidity – about 6.

The content of the aquarium accompanied by the following terms and conditions:

Temperature 22 ° C
Hardness 20
Acidity of 6.5 – 7

Very important light conditions must be identical phase 2 – dark and light. It is advisable in between phases to create a twilight lighting. Catfish adhered loves darkened areas that should be taken into account for the design of the aquarium.

Love for catfish produced aquarium filter. To avoid falling into the catfish filter is necessary to close the grid or raise the output tube above the bottom.

By Ancistrus interesting features can be attributed to their tendency to mastering territory. If you are going to keep akvarieme some males, it is necessary that the tank was large enough and with a lot of different shelters.

Catfish adhered can change the sex of offspring to continue.
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Power Mode and compatibility with the fishes

Ancistrus is quite peaceful, but in the absence of food become carnivorous.

Eat catfish in the aquarium any live and dry food. Preferably eat green algae, they are looking for them on the walls of the tank and then stick to it its circular mouth and scraped them food.

Catfish adhered very greedy, they eat algae and eats leftover food to other fish can eat the algae and aquarium.

Interesting article about the different types of catfish.

On the basis of Zavidovo Ancistrus not live, because in our area this fish is not found, but the big catch catfish you can always.