Save the Little Fish

Saving the world’s tropical fish, one tank at a time.

Hypostomus cochliodon, Hypostomus cochliodon

Plecos · Hypostomus

Unnamed L310

Hypostomus cochliodon · Rio Paraná, Brazil · also LDA51

Photo: Douglas Lopes, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Hypostomus cochliodon L310 (Hypostomus cochliodon) is a freshwater fish from Rio Paraná, Brazil, where it lives in river habitat. Keep it at 23–28 °C (73–82 °F) and pH 5.5–7.5. It eats most foods: flakes, small pellets and frozen foods.

At a glance

Water temperature

23–28 °C 73–82 °F

pH

5.5–7.5 neutral water

Swims

Bottom mostly on the floor and in caves

Food

Eats most foods

≈ Every value here is an estimate from typical hobby ranges. We're checking them against sources.

Where it comes from

Home water

Rio Paraná, Brazil

Paraná

Lives in river habitat.

The dot is placed on its home rivers, not an exact collecting site. Home from Wikipedia. Map: Natural Earth.

In the hobby

In stock now

Not in stock at any store we track.

Search Kijiji for L310

Tanks with this fish

No shared tanks have this fish yet. Share yours from Your tanks.

From keepers

Notes appear here when a keeper shares a tank with this fish and writes about it.

Questions keepers ask

What temperature does a Hypostomus cochliodon L310 need?

23–28 °C (73–82 °F).

What pH does a Hypostomus cochliodon L310 need?

pH 5.5–7.5.

What does a Hypostomus cochliodon L310 eat?

It eats most foods: flakes, small pellets and frozen foods.

Where does the Hypostomus cochliodon L310 come from?

Rio Paraná, Brazil.

All the numbers

Temperature min (°C)23 Genus default (genus)
Temperature max (°C)28 Genus default (genus)
pH min5.5 Genus default (genus)
pH max7.5 Genus default (genus)
Habitatriver Genus default (genus)
DietOmnivore Genus default (genus)

Some values are estimates from typical hobby ranges and haven't been checked against a source yet.