Morning Mist
C
Clown Pleco
Panaque maccus
1 in the tank
Where it's from
Native to the Essequibo and Orinoco river basins
Guyana and Colombia
Native range: Tedesco et al. 2017 (CC0).
At a glance
- Size
- 3.5 in
- 9 cm
- Min tank
- 20 gal
- 76 L
- Temp
- 73–84°F
- 23–29°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- GH
- 54–268 ppm
- 3–15 dGH
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swims
- Bottom
- Lifespan
- 10–12 yrs
Ammonia 0 ppm and nitrate under 20 ppm.
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