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(Other members of the genus Pseudoplatystoma)
ADULT SIZE: 50 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C
FOOD: Feed Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum live foods and small fish
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Surinam
AQUARIUM CARE: Tiger shovelnoses are a very large fish, and not really suitable for the home aquarium. They can reach a metre long in the wild, and eat anything that they can fit in their mouths. In public aquariums, they are well suited to an Amazon tank with larger species, red tailed catfish, arowana, and pacu.
BREEDING: Unknown
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Other members of the genus Pseudoplatystoma
Other catfish species
Tiger shovelnose catfish are simply too big for home aquariums
BREEDING: Unknown
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Sorry no records.
Should I get rid of snails? Snails in the aquarium can be very useful. Many fishkeepers tend to overfeed a little, and this extra food sinks to the bottom and decays, polluting the aquarium water. Snails will happily come and eat up the left overs though - if you have an outbreak of snails you are most likely overfeeding your fish! If you really do want to remove snails, fish like the clown loach, and several puffers will eat them - but do make sure they are compatible with the other fish in your tank
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