Apache's Catfish Community Thread.

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Very good, Apache. I'm glad you've named her - hope Bertha does well. Keep us posted on the progress.

Out of interest, is the big tank a corner tank? It didn't look like it in the first couple of pics but it did in the next few.

Glad you got the piccies sorted, Apache. That's a good lookin' tank.

Many congratulations. 

A bit young to be a parent, me thinks! Kids these days, eh? 

Many congratulations on your fishy offspring - I bet you're very proud!

See what happens as soon as you turn your back, Apache?

Congratulations.

Are these fish still in a 50 litre tank (as in your signature)?

If this is the tank, you can't get any more fish I'm afraid. Using the CC, and adding 8 panda cories instead of 5 pandas + 2 of the bigger juliis (2 juliis = 3 pandas) and 6 glass catfish comes to 168% stocked. And you have whiptails on top of that so you will be well over 200% stocked - in other words you have twice as many fish as are suitable for a 50 litre tank.

The algae could well be the result of having too many fish - lots of nitrate being made by the bacteria and lots of phosphate from the fish food will create an imbalance that will allow algae to flourish.
We did tell you earlier in the thread that a 50 litre tank is not big enough for glass catfish - they need a tank with a base 90 cm (3 ft) x 30 cm (1 ft) which a 50 litre tank can't be unless it is extremely shallow. Common whiptails need a tank of the same size. And so do julii cories.

In fact the only fish you have suitable for a 50 litre tank are the panda cories.


So rather than get more fish for this tank to eat algae, you need to remove about half the fish in there or upgrade to a tank at least double the size.



Of course if 50L means a 50 gallon long tank rather than 50 litre, that's different.