Ghost Catfish With Eggs! :d Helpppppppp Me

[fishychick77]

i noticed one of my ghost or glass catfish pregnant with eggs yay.... i hope... her belly looks really big and shes with her mate always more. i heard its rare that they lay eggs... if anyone knows how to help so i can save them all when she does lay them it would be awesome!!!...i have a tutti fruti frog, male betta, two male guppys, and a octana alge sucker kind of fish,... should i seperate the parents? or keep them together in a holding tank till she lays them helpppp !! i reallyy want the fry thanks!

 

[ZoddyZod]

in that tank, if anything lays eggs they will get eaten by the tank mates.

 

[fishychick77]

Should I move the parents then ? I've only done care care of breeding with live bearers before so I'm new to egg layers

 

[fishychick77]

Or is it bloat ?

 

[Wills]

When you say her belly looks big ho do you mean? Im not sure how it would look in glass fish but I would be careful to assume its eggs rather than disease. They are not really a monogomous fish so staying with her mate is not a real indicator...

How big is the tank and how many glass cats do you have - also what is a tuti fruiti frog? Frogs and fish in a tank rarely ends well...

Wills

 

[fishychick77]

2 glass cats and the frog he doesnt bother them

 

[Wills]

How is the big Glass Cat doing now?

How big is the tank? Ideally you want more glass cats as they are a schooling fish not a pairing fish but are quite big so need largish tanks.

As for the frog, would be interested to know what it is. But having him there with fish is potentially a risk, and it will only take a night of hunting to clear out your tank if it is a predatory species so its not too important how he is with them day to day its more important realising that he could be a predatory threat.

Wills

 

[FishBlast]

How is the big Glass Cat doing now?

How big is the tank? Ideally you want more glass cats as they are a schooling fish not a pairing fish but are quite big so need largish tanks.

As for the frog, would be interested to know what it is. But having him there with fish is potentially a risk, and it will only take a night of hunting to clear out your tank if it is a predatory species so its not too important how he is with them day to day its more important realising that he could be a predatory threat.

Wills

Her frog might be an African Clawed Frog (painted one).

 

[fishychick77]

still samew size and i relocated my frogs but the pair are still togther no eggs

 

[onidrase]

I wouldn't rush to assume it's eggs. Ghost catfish are a rather nervous species, and breeding them in capttivity is rare if even possible. I don't think they'd go out and breed when they're being kept in a pair in a rather oddly stocked tank.