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Rubber Lip Pleco
Chaetostoma milesi
1 in the tank
Where it's from
Native to the Magdalena, Orinoco and Tocuyo river basins
Colombia and Venezuela
Native range: Lista Roja de la Fauna Venezolana 2015 (CC BY 4.0); Tedesco et al. 2017 (CC0).
At a glance
- Size
- 5 in
- 13 cm
- Min tank
- 25 gal
- 95 L
- Temp
- 68–77°F
- 20–25°C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- GH
- 89–268 ppm
- 5–15 dGH
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swims
- Bottom
- Lifespan
- 10–12 yrs
Ammonia 0 ppm and nitrate under 20 ppm.
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