Hoplo Catfish:
COMMON NAMES:
•   Spotted Hoplo
•   Armored Catfish

LATIN NAME:
•   Hoplosternum pectorale

pH:   
•   6.7

WATER TEMP:
•   74-80 deg. F.

AVG. MAX. SIZE:
•   8+ inches / 20 cm.

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED TANK SIZE:
•   Do not place in tanks smaller than 50 gallons.

BREEDING:
•   Egg-layers

FEEDING:
•   Mainly Flake, Pellets, Live or Frozen Brine Shrimp & Frozen Blood Worms, Sinking Pellets.

NOTE:
•   They do best when in pairs or more.  

LIGHTING:
•   More nocturnal, prefers dusk and dawn, light lighting, a good trick is to have a red filtered lamp that you can turn on during late night feedings.

TEMPERAMENT:
•   Peaceful, very good community fish as long as it is with fish its own size or larger only, anything smaller may be dinner.


COMMENTS:
•   Great fish to own and extremely peaceful, a great fish for beginners.

•   Very active swimmers at night and really good scavengers, help immensely in keeping the tank clean.