Sucker-Mouth Catfish Hypostomus plecostomus
Tandanus Eel-Tailed Catfish Tandanus tandanus
Tiger Shovelnose Catfish Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum ...
Sucker-mouth catfish
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The position of the mouth on the fish tells us where the fish finds it’s food, but it doesn’t automatically tell us what the fish’s diet consists of, ...
Some sucker-mouth catfish will readily eat brown algae, most notably plecostomus and otocinclus. If the problem is due to high silicates in the water, and the brown algae persists, a special silicate absorbing resin can be used in the filter.
Think of sucker-mouth catfishes and the South American loricariids come immediately to mind. Think again of the African catfish family Mochokidae and the ever-popular Synodontis is the first thing one thinks of.
It is hard to starve a fish (other than Loricariids, sucker-mouth catfish, or other specialized feeders, and even that is not short term). Drop back to every other day or even every third day feeding. This will reduce the waste load.
They are also sometimes called "bushynose catfish" or "sucker-mouth catfish".
Loricarid - The Loricariidae, or sucker-mouth catfish, is a huge catfish family whose members include the many Plecos which are very popular with aquarists.
- As for cleaning up algae from the tank glass, other algae eaters such as sucker-mouth catfish (farlowella, otocinclus, etc) do far better job. (2)Compatibility - Keeping with bigger fish (anything bigger than adult angel fish) should be avoided.
 See also: Catfish, Fish, Water, Freshwater, Algae
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