Familia: Balitoridae
Gastromyzon farragus es un balítórido de agua dulce originario de Borneo. Alcanza 2.9–4.3 cm; temperatura 19–23 °C.
Gastromyzon farragus, a member of the family Balitoridae, comes from Borneo, where it inhabits fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch and grazes rock surfaces; feed spirulina-rich foods, it grows to 2.9–4.3 cm and adapts well to a properly set-up aquarium in the 19–23 °C range. Other Gastromyzon species in our database include Gastromyzon ctenocephalus, Gastromyzon punctulatus, Gastromyzon scitulus.
Nivel medio: la estabilidad del agua importa más que el equipo. Calm but assertive around its chosen perch. Singly or in a loose group on open rockwork.
Rango ideal: 19–23 °C. Evita cambios bruscos.
De adulto mide 2.9–4.3 cm. Vive bottom-dwelling, así que 25 L o más.
Grazes rock surfaces; feed spirulina-rich foods. Forraja sobre bare rock and coarse gravel: deja que parte del alimento llegue al fondo.
Calm but assertive around its chosen perch. Compañeros recomendados: Other cool-water stream fish — Share the need for oxygen and flow. Evita Large aggressive cichlids — Disrupt the calm grazing regime.
Originario de Borneo; vive en fast-flowing mountain streams, clinging to rocks. Very strong, highly oxygenated current; requires very high dissolved oxygen.
Spawning unknown in home aquaria. Difficult to distinguish.