All assigned numbers: L202, LDA57, LDA79
Name: Peckoltia lineola
Common Names: L202, LDA57, LDA79
Location: Venezuela: Amazonas, Rio Orinoco
Photos:
Appearance: As with most other Peckoltia, the lineola is one of the smaller plecos. The lineola can have a variable pattern and as a juvenile, is often confused with the brevis
Compatibility: In most cases a peaceful and unproblematic fish that can be kept with a wide variety of fish. During the daytime this fish usually stays out of sight in one of its hiding places, but once dusk sets in it will become active and starts fouraging for food. Once acclimatized however, they often emerge out of their shell, and become active and very enjoyable little catfish.
Peckoltia's can be kept solitary as well as with its own kind. If a small group of these fish are kept together, it's very important to assure that all fish have enough room to set up little territories of their own, and that enough hiding places (plants, rocks, wood) are present. If not, this otherwise timid and peaceful fish can become stressed and develop a nasty, aggressive character towards its own kind as well as other bottom dwellers.
Sexing and Breeding: Have been successfully bred. Males develop bristles behind the gill covers, the pectoral fin spines and the lower half of the body. Sexually mature males develop prolonged bristles/odontodes in the same regions
Diet: Like all members of the genus Peckoltia, this fish is an omnivore, meaning it feeds on both meaty foods and plant matter.
As far as the meaty foods go, once acclimatized this fish readily accepts foods like meaty pellets, insect larvae (blood worms, mosquito larvae), tubifex, krill and fresh shrimp. The herbivore part of this fish likes food items such as algae wafers, algae, fresh and (preboiled) vegetables.
Other than that, this fish often feeds on the organic matter that forms on submerged surfaces (plants, rocks, wood, aquarium walls) by rasping it off with its suckermouth. It will also take food remains left behind by tank mates, as well as soft wood.
Water parameters: 25-29c PH 5.5-7.5
The lineola requires high oxygen but not neccessarily strong currents. Higher temps are also needed. As higher temps contain lower levels of dissolved oxygen, increased aeration would be needed either through the use powerheads or airstones along with surface agitation.
Max Size: 12-15cm
Bred by: lealea, Brengun
Breeding Log: See below. For all questions and comments. please use original thread here http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6540
Additional Comments:
Some info used with permission from www.piranha-info.com
Appearance is referenced from back to nature L number book.
Name: Peckoltia lineola
Common Names: L202, LDA57, LDA79
Location: Venezuela: Amazonas, Rio Orinoco
Photos:
Appearance: As with most other Peckoltia, the lineola is one of the smaller plecos. The lineola can have a variable pattern and as a juvenile, is often confused with the brevis
Compatibility: In most cases a peaceful and unproblematic fish that can be kept with a wide variety of fish. During the daytime this fish usually stays out of sight in one of its hiding places, but once dusk sets in it will become active and starts fouraging for food. Once acclimatized however, they often emerge out of their shell, and become active and very enjoyable little catfish.
Peckoltia's can be kept solitary as well as with its own kind. If a small group of these fish are kept together, it's very important to assure that all fish have enough room to set up little territories of their own, and that enough hiding places (plants, rocks, wood) are present. If not, this otherwise timid and peaceful fish can become stressed and develop a nasty, aggressive character towards its own kind as well as other bottom dwellers.
Sexing and Breeding: Have been successfully bred. Males develop bristles behind the gill covers, the pectoral fin spines and the lower half of the body. Sexually mature males develop prolonged bristles/odontodes in the same regions
Diet: Like all members of the genus Peckoltia, this fish is an omnivore, meaning it feeds on both meaty foods and plant matter.
As far as the meaty foods go, once acclimatized this fish readily accepts foods like meaty pellets, insect larvae (blood worms, mosquito larvae), tubifex, krill and fresh shrimp. The herbivore part of this fish likes food items such as algae wafers, algae, fresh and (preboiled) vegetables.
Other than that, this fish often feeds on the organic matter that forms on submerged surfaces (plants, rocks, wood, aquarium walls) by rasping it off with its suckermouth. It will also take food remains left behind by tank mates, as well as soft wood.
Water parameters: 25-29c PH 5.5-7.5
The lineola requires high oxygen but not neccessarily strong currents. Higher temps are also needed. As higher temps contain lower levels of dissolved oxygen, increased aeration would be needed either through the use powerheads or airstones along with surface agitation.
Max Size: 12-15cm
Bred by: lealea, Brengun
Breeding Log: See below. For all questions and comments. please use original thread here http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6540
Additional Comments:
Some info used with permission from www.piranha-info.com
Appearance is referenced from back to nature L number book.