Loricaria is red | Rineloricaria sp. Red
Channel: Aqua Paradise
Date: 2023-04-24

The exact origin of this fish remains a mystery. One version is that it is a natural species that lives in the rivers of Peru and Brazil, and the second is that it is an artificial hybrid with one or more other species of Rineloricaria.
The German aquarium resource Aqualog introduced this species under the number L-010a, but this species bears no resemblance to L-010. The "L" system was initiated by the German aquarium magazine Datz [Die Aquarien und Terrarienzeitschrift] to identify newly discovered Loricarid species for scientific description and naming. These numbers apply to all known species, including those already named and described, resulting in each species having a unique number. Most researchers agree that the Red Loricaria was most likely bred by amateur aquarists in Germany, although the original parental species is unknown.
The genus Rineloricaria was introduced by Peter Bleeker in 1862. At present, about 60 species have already been described, distributed from Panama to Northern Argentina, and from both sides of the Andes. This genus has the largest number of species in any of the genera of the family Loricariinae. In 2008 alone, about 14 new species of the genus Rineloricaria were described.
The aquarium for Red Loricaria should be dimly lit and provided with a substrate of sand or fine, smooth gravel. Caches formed by snags or stones will be very popular with Red Loricaria. For spawning, PVC pipes of small length are also perfect. A well-planted tank is great for Loricaria who like to explore all surfaces for food (algae). They stop to rest more frequently than other Loricarid vidi, and thus may be less visible.
Calm and peaceful in nature, the Red Loricaria leads a twilight lifestyle and keeps, respectively, in the lower layer of water. You can keep a group of these aquarium fish, in which females predominate, in a common aquarium (from 40-50 liters). The soil is gravel or sand. The aquarium should have shelters made of snags and heaps of stones, you can put ceramic tubes on the bottom, as well as dense bushes of aquarium plants. #lanceolata #loricaria #rineloricaria