Species Care

HEADSTANDER - STRIPED (ANOSTOMUS)

Anostomus anostomus

Keeping Snapshot:
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  • Temperature: 22-26 degrees celsius
  • pH Level: 6.5-7.4
  • General Hardness: Soft-Moderate

Range: Amazon, Orinoco, Guyana

Reproduction: Probably egg-scatterer.

Feeding: Herbivorous. Algae eater, but also plant-eaters if fed insufficient vegetable food.

Additional Comments: Best to keep several together. schooling fish. Good water movement required (powerful filter).

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