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Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 06:08
by clickermom3
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
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 10:45
by bigbird
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
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 11:24
by Jools
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
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 12:01
by clickermom3
Here is a photo of the first spawning which didn't produce any fry.
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 14:01
by nvcichlids
wow that is a big female. Congrats on the fry!
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 14 Jun 2013, 14:29
by Jools
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
Re: Can you identify this catfish ( and his babies)
Posted: 15 Jun 2013, 08:03
by jac
Great pictures and congratulations on your spawn and fry!!
