Most habitat where I find adult plecos in nature are raging rapids.
The young seem to prefer somewhat calmer conditions, but even those make most aquariums seem like dead zones, with the fnormal iltration, and current provided by air stones or spray bars.
In the area above, with each net cast, at least one of the Ancistrus spinosus (?) below were landed.
And this is the area, just down stream.
Went back to that same area a few weeks ago, during the rainy season, and it was too treacherous to consider casting nets.
The place where I normally find Chaetesoma fisheri (rubber lip), is less elevated, but the current is still quite strong.
And the areas where whip tails such as Sturomatichthys are found are equality as turbulent.
And in my tanks, they tend to gravitate to higher flow sections.
Even to the point of breaching the waters surface to munch on algae the grows best getting a little sunlight.
The young seem to prefer somewhat calmer conditions, but even those make most aquariums seem like dead zones, with the fnormal iltration, and current provided by air stones or spray bars.
In the area above, with each net cast, at least one of the Ancistrus spinosus (?) below were landed.
And this is the area, just down stream.
Went back to that same area a few weeks ago, during the rainy season, and it was too treacherous to consider casting nets.
The place where I normally find Chaetesoma fisheri (rubber lip), is less elevated, but the current is still quite strong.
And the areas where whip tails such as Sturomatichthys are found are equality as turbulent.
And in my tanks, they tend to gravitate to higher flow sections.
Even to the point of breaching the waters surface to munch on algae the grows best getting a little sunlight.
