Royal Pleco L191 Panaque Nigrolineatus



Fish Statistics
Minimum Tank Size:200 litres
Diet:Omnivore
Origin:Peru
Temp (C):22-27 C
Max Size:38cm
Family:Loricariidae
Temperament:Peaceful
pH:6.5 - 7.0
Care Level:Moderate

The Royal Plecostomus is also known as the Dull-eyed Royal Pleco or the Broken line Plecostromus. It is dark brown to black with irregular golden horizontal stripes.
Planted aquariums with hardy, fast-growing plants, high aeration, and water movement provide a healthy environment. Rocks and driftwood help to accent a natural habitat and provide hiding spaces to reduce the stress for the Royal Plecostomus.

The Royal Plecostomus has not been bred in an aquarium and little is known about their breeding habits.

Feeding the Gold Royal Plecostomus is not difficult since it is not a picky eater. Feeding off the bottom of the aquarium, it gets most of its nutrition from left over food and algae. If there is no algae or left over food present, supplement with high quality flake food, sinking carnivore pellets, freeze-dried bloodworms, and tubifex.
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Again the feeding comments seem to be generic. My royal happily eats spirulina wafers and I keep the meat content to a minimum. All I have read and observation from cleaning the tank suggests they also chew on the wood, seemingly digesting some of it.

They are usually peaceful with other fish but can be VERY territorial with other similar sized plecos.

I'm sure I have seen pics from someone with a tank full of fry but I can't recall how they went about breeding them.