My First Catfish!

[TekFish]

Well my friends tank is at the same temp as mine [26'c] and his bristlenose are fine, and the one that I got is a baby from one of his so, they even spawned in that condition. So that's got to be fine, they wouldn't spawn in terrible conditions, would they?

How long will the algae I've got last him?
40% of the back is covered plus the 4 pieces of bogwood I have, and he is only about 3cm long.

P.S I put my tank in my signature

TekFish

 

[xingumike]

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I think you got the wrong end of the stick, yes 26 is absolutely fine.

Fish spawning (especially domestic Ancistrus) is not a guarantee of good water though.

twotank, I am trying to work out the work out the filtered word, quoting your post didn't help me!

I would guess it contains the word used to denote a child born out of wedlock

Ps, don't just wait for it to finish the algae, you should feed it from the off.

 

[TekFish]

Yeah of course, I will feed it, I have pellets
But it just eats algae cuz it likes it so how long will it take?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

It won't take it long, I was quite amazed with how much my guys plowed through when I first got them. I would bet, depending on how much you've got in the tank, that he'd have it clean in a week or so. I feed mine a lot of zucchini. They love veggies so try and give them some once or twice a week.

 

[LucyB]

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

I love Bristlenose's as I think they look great but the other half thinks that they look ugly (I know do not get me started ) so I doubt I will ever get one

You could always get one without telling your other half...

One day it will just 'appear'

your other half will be like:

and you'll be like:...........

 

[fishprotector]

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

I love Bristlenose's as I think they look great but the other half thinks that they look ugly (I know do not get me started ) so I doubt I will ever get one

You could always get one without telling your other half...

One day it will just 'appear'

your other half will be like:

and you'll be like:...........

Haha yeh I might try that one if/when I see another L255.

I will just say that the snowball and gold nugget must have got jiggy and that is the offspring

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I don't have a pentagon tank with 14 rosy tetra....don't know where you got that from.

Sorry, got my wires crossed with another member.

On a similar note, my talk of fast flowing waters origins and BN seems to be another point of confusion for me, I must have been thinking about Ancistrus ranunculus (L034, Medusa Plec). Having said that, PlanetCatfish notes, "In the aquarium they prefer a strong water current with lots of oxygen, and require plenty of hiding places" when referring to the common BN (Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus).

But temperature wise, Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus (the common BN) is associated with 21.5-26.5C waters, which is skewed slightly towards less than tropical temperatures i.e. they are more sub-tropical, just like many Corydoras.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=49

 

[TekFish]

I don't have a pentagon tank with 14 rosy tetra....don't know where you got that from.

Sorry, got my wires crossed with another member.

On a similar note, my talk of fast flowing waters origins and BN seems to be another point of confusion for me, I must have been thinking about Ancistrus ranunculus (L034, Medusa Plec). Having said that, PlanetCatfish notes, "In the aquarium they prefer a strong water current with lots of oxygen, and require plenty of hiding places" when referring to the common BN (Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus).

But temperature wise, Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus (the common BN) is associated with 21.5-26.5C waters, which is skewed slightly towards less than tropical temperatures i.e. they are more sub-tropical, just like many Corydoras.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=49

Oh, good.
I was majorly confused then...
I have a lot of surface agitation so it should be fine.

TekFish

 

[TwoTankAmin]

While PlanetCatfish is a pretty good resource, they don't always get it right.

A reliable source I double checked indicates Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus found in rivers all over South America. As a result it is a highly variable species in terms of the temps in which it can be found. According to Ingo Seidel in his book "Back to Nature Guide to L-Catfishe" this fish is found from 16-25C waters. However, the bass terd (uncensored) bn common in most tanks is far removed from the wild. Moreover I highly doubt if those cirrhosus common to the cooler water rivers would do well if they were put into the warmer rivers inhabited by other Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus. Moreover, of the 54 Ancistrus he provides data for, beside the cirrhosus, only Ancistrus multispinis at 18-24C, and Ancistrus pirareta at 20-29C are shown to be found in waters under 22C and most are more likely to have a lower temp limit of 23 or 24C.

Fishkeepers rarely have the opportunity to find most of the Ancistrus which is the largest genus of the subfamily Hypostominae with 50 described and still more as yet undescribed species.

So I can now say that while not 100% of Ancistrus are necessarily tropical, most of them are. And even those few that aren't, are by no means exclusively cooler (sub-tropical) water fish.