Whiptail Catfish:
LATIN NAME:
•   Rineloricicaria sp.
•   Rineloricicaria castroi
•   Rineloricicaria fallax
•   Rineloricicaria hasemani
•   Rineloricicaria lanceolata
•   Rineloricicaria microlepidogaster

pH:
•   6.8-7.3

WATER TEMP:
•   72-78 deg. F.

AVG. ADULT LENGTH:
•   7 inches / 15 cm.

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED TANK SIZE:
•   Do not place in tanks smaller than 25 gallons.

BREEDING:
•   Egg-layers

FEEDING:
•   Scavengers of the substrate for any excess food wastes & Algae, may also nibble on bog wood.

NOTE:
•   Very cool addition to any tank. The way they fan out during swimming is so awesome, you just gotta own or at least see one of these sometime.

TEMPERAMENT:
•   Peaceful, very good community fish, Needs hiding places, Loves plants and driftwood as well as caves/rockeries.

COMMENTS:
•   Not an extremely active fish, in fact some people find this species absolutely boring. However when it swims, its worth it, its fins almost look like Japanese fans!

•   During breeding it is the male who guards the eggs while the female is best removed.

•   Great scavenger, sometimes hard to find in the tank since its camouflage coloring works so well.