Ancistrus cirrhosus
Ancistrus cirrhosus is part of the Loricariidae family. It`s better to breed them in pairs or with night active fish as they are. Their feeding request vegetal food, but thy can also be fed with living
food or tablets. The living food, daphnia, will be administrated frozen.
The water has to be normal, normal illumination but with many floating plants at the surface of the aquarium water. The optimal temperature is 23° C. They live on the bottom of the aquariums. Their natural environment is in the east and north-east of the tropical area in South America, in Guiana, Trinidad, Amazon River and Rio Paraguay.
The front part of the body is oblate. On the top of the mouth they have ramifications (horns) which can fork. The dorsal fin is high, the first ray is strong, and on the pectoral fins it has very strong spikes. The tail has strong rays in the superior and inferior parts. Between the rays the tail is oblique. This ancistrus can reach 14 cm length. The coloration is dark olive-brown to black; the abdomen is grey-green to brown-grey. On the fins it has dark colored spots and at the beginning of the dorsal fin it has a big black spot.