I currently own one whiptail catfish and he is happy in my 10g. I'm gonna be moving him to my 55g which I'm gonna start to set up by the up comming week. There isn't much information about this fish so I was wondering if I can have a second one without fear of aggressive behavior towards each other? My local petco sells them believe it or not, they got plenty of them =P.
Question about Farlowella Gracillis
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Congrats on your Farlowella! I love keeping these and find them absolutley fascinating 
opcorn: to watch!
You probably do not have a Farlowella gracilis but perhaps the more commonly seen Farlowellas. You should be looking for the size and shape of the rostrum (snout) and counting the belly scutes (scales) when your fish is on the glass to help assist you with identification. Planet catfish is very helpful in IDing--but identifying all the various Farlowellas is challenging.
You can add other Farlowellas into the larger tank--they do like fast flowing water as well as areas of slower water (to spawn) so a powerhead is recommended to create a fast flow zone. They are very non-aggressive fish so keep that in mind when you buy other fish.
opcorn: to watch! You probably do not have a Farlowella gracilis but perhaps the more commonly seen Farlowellas. You should be looking for the size and shape of the rostrum (snout) and counting the belly scutes (scales) when your fish is on the glass to help assist you with identification. Planet catfish is very helpful in IDing--but identifying all the various Farlowellas is challenging.
You can add other Farlowellas into the larger tank--they do like fast flowing water as well as areas of slower water (to spawn) so a powerhead is recommended to create a fast flow zone. They are very non-aggressive fish so keep that in mind when you buy other fish.
I had to get mine identified on planetcatfish.com, I was told http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=22853
They are very mellow and low key. The hardest fry to raise I ever had. And they love to hide in plain sight, there are 3 in the pic below:
They are very mellow and low key. The hardest fry to raise I ever had. And they love to hide in plain sight, there are 3 in the pic below:
Hmm I forgot about this thread xD. I'm pretty sure it is a gracilis only because it has a long nose and a long tail with whip endings. My HE is actually a she. I ended up getting a true male at petco when I set up my 55g but he died yesterday (thread is in the illness forum) It's too bad they stopped selling them at the petco he was the last one they had. I was so excited and they loved hanging out together. Now she is alone but still does her regular stick like stuff. Quite the bully she is though, doesn't like being touched by my cories barbs.
Sorry about your farlowella. I think the Farlowellas are amazing fish to watch. :dance: Congrats to you Chrisinator!!
I am raising up three different batches of babies (eggs laid in late January/mid-Feb and one in early March) and have about 30ish fish left after this many months. This is the longest I have had farlowella babies!! They are very difficult to raise and I have placed 8 test babies into a 15g to see how they do. It has been since Monday and all are doing well. I also have baby CPO's (crayfish) in the tank and one baby farlowella is missing his whip-tail
. Hope he moves faster next time :lipssealedsmilie:.
I am raising up three different batches of babies (eggs laid in late January/mid-Feb and one in early March) and have about 30ish fish left after this many months. This is the longest I have had farlowella babies!! They are very difficult to raise and I have placed 8 test babies into a 15g to see how they do. It has been since Monday and all are doing well. I also have baby CPO's (crayfish) in the tank and one baby farlowella is missing his whip-tail
. Hope he moves faster next time :lipssealedsmilie:.