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(Other members of the genus Farlowella)
ADULT SIZE: 20 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C
FOOD: Feed Farlowella acus a predominantly vegetarian diet
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Brazil
AQUARIUM CARE: A shy catfish that is often outcompeted for food. A tank set-up should include bogwood, and plants.
BREEDING: This has been acheived but raising the fry is somewhat problematic.
Have you bred Farlowella acus? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?, or examine existing Farlowella acus breeding reports
Other members of the genus Farlowella
Other catfish species
Other species from Brazil
BREEDING: This has been acheived but raising the fry is somewhat problematic.
Have you bred Farlowella acus? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?
Sorry no records.
Give your fish a treat! Flaked fish foods are excellent nutritionally, but most fish really enjoy tucking into live, or frozen live foods. Insect larvae such as bloodworms can be collected in summertime from your water barrel, but it is also very worthwhile to attempt to culture Daphnia or white worms for a free food source absolutely relished by aquarium fish. Frozen bloodworm are almost as good and are widely available, though freeze dried live foods tend not to go down as well. See more on feeding fish
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