Pleco Marble Sailfin

This species is also referred to as the sailfin pleco or the leopard pleco.

Pleco marble sailfin.

Special treatment for your pleco. Your pleco spends its day eating algae or peeking its head out of a cozy cave as it rests. The sailfin pleco can also prove to be a good aquarium cleaner as they will eat algal colonies but do not add them to the aquarium purely for this purpose. But as time goes by most aquarists enjoy plecostomus catfish more and more and finally come to see the real beauty in them.

The sailfin plecostomus marble albino is a captive bred species known by many scientific names the most common being glyptoperichthys gibbiceps. The trademark spotted sailfin makes this a distinctive species. Premium pet fish are more energetic hardier and have brighter colors with a beautiful metallic sheen. The zebra pleco and the bristlenose pleco for sale get along well with other tropical fish because they are non aggressive plant eaters.

A lot of new aquarists think that plecostomus species are weird and ugly. Sailfin pleco care is rather easy provided that it has enough feed algae and some additional feed. In males this is a small. Sailfin pleco is the fish just for beginners but you have to keep how large is an adult fish since quite often this species is being sold as a tank cleaner.

The glyptoperichthys gibbiceps is a species more commonly known as the marble pleco. Always check carefully any specimen of sailfin pleco that you wish to purchase. The albino marble sailfin pleco is also known as the spotted sailfin plecostomus. Comparison of the genital papilla in mature fish shows the differences in the sexes to the trained eye.

Most other plecos have 8 or fewer rays in particular the larger hypostomus species that are most likely to be confused with pterygoplichthys. The marble pleco is an herbivore and should be fed a variety of algae and veggies. Originating from the rio pacaya in peru south america the albino marble sailfin plecostomus is a peaceful bottom. Your pleco is a hardy fish and receives the usual acclimation to any aquarium.

In this picture is a premium quality marbled sailfin plecostomus swimming in one of our aquariums when one of us snapped this picture.