Scientific name:
Farlowella acus

Natural spread:
La Plata, southern Amazon-tributaries

the Farlowella acus lives in the low water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 80 cm for these fish. A mean needle-catfish is peaceful in the mormalfall. Males like females can gain a length of up to 15 cm.

Attitude: Optimal-proof prevail water-temperatures of 24 to 26 °C in the aquarium. The pH-area should lie between 6.0 and 7.0. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is only experienced Aquaristen to recommend.

Differentiation of the sexes: Beak-fort-sentence beiMännchen M, more broadly and with many fine bristles,

Natural spread: La Plata, southern Amazon-tributaries