Just bought a wiptale/Twig Catfish!
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 02:04
Can anyone give me any help as i cant find much info on them
Thanks
Thanks
PlanetCatfish.com
The Aquarium Catfish website
https://planetcatfish.com/forum/
Just bought a wiptale/Twig Catfish!
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Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 02:17
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 02:34
Whiptail usually refers to Rineloricaria and twig catfish to Farlowella. Which do you have?
-Shane
-Shane
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 02:48
i think i have Farlowella acus as thats the closest match on the pics
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 03:09
I think they are pretty neat looking. Great planted tank algae eaters. the ones I had were equiped with some really long noses, which I hadn't seen on any of the pictures. Whats with that guy's?
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 05:40
They are two different species. This will explain alot.
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/farlowella_acus.htm
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/farlowella_acus.htm
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 10:53
F.acus is not a fish that would be imported.
The most likely is .
Bear in mind rostrum length varies with sex.
Not really a suitable fish for your set up
Do not rely on them to survive on algae, there won't be any "edible" algae in your tank with a gibby.
These fish are vegetarian. Make sure they get enough vegetable food. Feed them on flake or algae wafers, and they are likely to suffer from intestinal problems.
Any veggies you feed will be eaten by the goldfish and gibby.
You run the risk of starving the fish.
More info....
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/1997_09.PHP
The most likely is .
Bear in mind rostrum length varies with sex.
Not really a suitable fish for your set up
Do not rely on them to survive on algae, there won't be any "edible" algae in your tank with a gibby.
These fish are vegetarian. Make sure they get enough vegetable food. Feed them on flake or algae wafers, and they are likely to suffer from intestinal problems.
Any veggies you feed will be eaten by the goldfish and gibby.
You run the risk of starving the fish.
More info....
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/1997_09.PHP
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 11:24
Can anyone give me any help as i cant find much info on them
Try putting Farlowella into a forum search.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/search.php
Loads of info!
Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 15:11
Racoll is correct. This link
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/farlowella_acus.htm
contains A LOT of incorrect information. Mostly because the identifications are all wrong. What they show as F. acus is F. vittata and what they show as F. gracilis is F. mariaelenae.
-Shane
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/farlowella_acus.htm
contains A LOT of incorrect information. Mostly because the identifications are all wrong. What they show as F. acus is F. vittata and what they show as F. gracilis is F. mariaelenae.
-Shane