Egg bound Whiptail Catfish?
Hello, I’ve been reading your site for some time now, it is absolutely amazing! I have a 45 gallon freshwater aquarium that houses 5 calico platies (2 male, 3 female), 1 female pineapple swordtail, 2 ‘skunk’ Corydoras catfish, 3 Oto catfish, 4 serpae tetras, 1 nickel-sized blushing angelfish and 1 magnificent 6″ female whiptail catfish (I’ve been trying to find out exactly what kind, I’m reasonably sure she’s a ‘Loricariid parva’). Tank and water specs: The tank is planted with many plastic plants, with a medium sized piece of driftwood in the centre. I use an Aquaclear 200 power filter (with 2 bio sponges; never changed, only rinsed, carbon; changed every two weeks, and floss; changed weekly), a Penguin 170 Bio-Wheel filter, a UGF (bubbles, not powerhead) and a smallish Fluval internal filter with an Aquaclear sponge instead of the regular insert. The tank is cleaned with a diatom filter every two weeks (to ‘polish’ the water and reduce the population of parasites like ich). I do a 20
