L393 Cheese Creek Ancistrus

Description

L393 Cheese Creek Bristlenose

3 to 4cm in size please check for availability before making purchase.

L393 Cheese creek is a rare ancistrus from the protected waters of the Madre De Dios River in Peru.  A generally peaceful and hearty fish. Sizes and colors will vary but will generally grow to around 12cm in size. Males can get territorial with the other males and should be provided adequate hiding places (like our Pleco Ceramics caves and decorations). Safe for most plants, but have been known to nibble on Swords, Anubis, and other broad-leaf plants.

Ideal water parameters, pH 6.8 to 7.4. Temperature 6.8-7.8f

Will eat algae as juveniles, but diet will need to be supplemented with quality sinking foods (like our Eat Your Greens Sinking Spirulina Pellets and Garden Salad Vegetable plus Spirulina Flakes.) Will also benefit from Cholla Wood and Catappa Indian Almond Leaves.

Ideal water parameters, pH 6.8 to 7.6 temperature 68-78f

Feeding, will eat a variety of foods. Feed a varied diet of frozen food, freeze dried and flake foods and some fresh vegetables.

We ship live stock on the following days only Mon, Tues, Wed and Thursdays. All order are shipped next working day from purchase unless otherwise stated, if you want a preferred delivery date please contact us before hand. Shipping is £28.00 for as many fish as you like UK mainland and parts of Scotland only up to 20kg, for further details please contact us  we are more than happy to help.