lyrical Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Does anyone know how sucking catfish spawn and what they require?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxtail Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 R u talking about ottos or plecos? I think u mean ottos and all i know is that they are egglayers, i think they like a planted aquariam to sporn in. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyrical Posted November 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 just thenormal common catfish all LFS sell...cant find anything online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Does it look like this? http://www.fishsales.com.au/photos/1243392...bristlenose.jpg Or one of these? http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/im...isplay2copy.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyrical Posted November 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 kinda like the otto but tis not an otto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishchick Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 chinese algae eater? http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile47.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyrical Posted November 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 That is the one Jodie thankyou so much.........l was just sold them as "sucking catfish" so l wasnt sure ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 They are a type of loach I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 From what I've read about the CAE (Chinese Algae Eater) which really comes from India - they are next to impossible to spawn - I've read about a few people who've 'discovered' fry in tanks but never actually deliberately spawned them. Most are probably wild caught or like some loaches hormones used to induce them to spawn. I have had only one of these and after seeing it stand up to a convict cichlid and convince the convict to back down I decided it wasn't the kind of fish I wanted - whether reports of them sucking the slime coats off other fish and killing them is true or not I decided that it had to go back to the LFS after it got to about 5" in length and started to get an 'attitude'. As an algae eater - it was a failure - either too lazy or fed too much on other fish's left overs - give me a bristlenose any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 My algae eaters were lovely. The did their job well, and the resident bristlenose "Mr Flathead" kept them in their place :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishchick Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 they are ok when young, but can get aggressive when older. they get to 20cm in length and as thick as a dagwood dog. Until they are full size you wont get them to spawn. They are quite useful in cleaning algae from anubias. Cheers, someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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