Pics of Farlowella vittata (Twig Catfish)

[Tony Griffitts]

These Farlowella (Twig Catfish) are the offspring from SAS members Ivan and Alena Kuchta's fish.  I got these fish from them when they were about 2 inches.  They love to eat Omega One's Veggie Rounds (SAS sponsor).  The livebearers love it too.

[Tony Griffitts]

Came home from work today and found this Farlowella guarding 24 large eggs.

[Rich Bireley]

That is very cool! Great image, too.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Tony Griffitts <tony.gr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Came home from work today and found this Farlowella guarding 24 large eggs.

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[Tony Griffitts]

Here are some new pics:

Male Farlowella guarding eggs three days after they were laid.

Male farlowella sucking on eggs.

Male Farlowella rostrum.

[Tony Griffitts]

Here are some more pics of the 4 day old eggs. Click on the pic to see full size image.

[Tony Griffitts]

Here are some new photos.  We now have a couple of fry growing up in the tank.  The oldest is about a month old and between 3/4 to 1 inch long.

[Tony Griffitts]

Here are some photos:

Egg hatching.

3 day old fry.

Teeth.

This is why they are sometimes called whip-tail catfish.

This guy is now about a month and a half old and over an inch long.  They are about a 1/2 inch long when they hatch.

Spawning again.

[Tony Griffitts]

Egg development progression:

1 day old eggs.

2 day old eggs.

3 day old eggs.

4 day old eggs.

5 day old eggs.

6 day old eggs.

7 day old eggs and they are spawning again.  Female left, male right.

8 day old eggs and are now beginning to hatch.

[Dan Curran]

Thanks Tony,

Nice to see the eggs develop from day to day!

Dan

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[Rich Bireley]

Great job with the fish.

Great job with the pics.

 

Thanks for sharing. Very cool.

 

Rich

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Tony Griffitts <tony.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: