Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)

clickermom3 · Post by **clickermom3** » 14 Jun 2013, 06:08

Greetings
I found this website when I was looking for photos of Twig catfish fry. My husband has two Twig catfish in his 75 gallon tank. They recent laod eggs, which hatched the other day. Here is the photo of the male, and one of the three day old fry.Please excuse me if I have posted incorrectly

bigbird · Post by **bigbird** » 14 Jun 2013, 10:45

they look like Farlowella Vittata. There is a great article in the magazine Tropical Fish Hobbyist APRIL2013 edition, so worth a read.
Well done on the fry and hatching. cheers jk

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 14 Jun 2013, 11:24

You can't tell from the picture if they're specifically but it's a good guess from the pictures. Close-up shots of the adults belly and rostrum should confirm ID. Well done on the spawning.

Jools

clickermom3 · Post by **clickermom3** » 14 Jun 2013, 12:01

Here is a photo of the first spawning which didn't produce any fry.

nvcichlids · Post by **nvcichlids** » 14 Jun 2013, 14:01

wow that is a big female. Congrats on the fry!

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 14 Jun 2013, 14:29

Wow, yeah that female is full of eggs and often first spawnings are not viable possibly because eggs are past their "use-by" date. Anyway, the medium rostrum and two rows of belly scutes makes this pretty firmly F. vittata.

Cheers,

Jools

jac · Post by **jac** » 15 Jun 2013, 08:03

Great pictures and congratulations on your spawn and fry!!

Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)

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