Marbled Whiptail Catfish

Common whiptail catfish will accept most foods they do exceptionally well on a diet of sinking pellets blood worms lettuce and cucumber.

Marbled whiptail catfish.

Marbled whiptail loricaria simillima. Rineloricaria hasemani and rineloricaria microlepidogaster are both commonly referred to as whiptail catfish. Click on each picture to see a bigger picture. L010a red lizard whiptail catfish rineloricaria sp.

Whiptail catfish fab beyond drab whiptail catfish. 16 18 cm 6 3 7 09 inch 0 14. Marbled whiptail loricaria simillima. A 4 long whiptail catfish resting on a leaf in our online store.

It s best kept with small characins peaceful cichlids and catfish such as corydoras or other loricariids avoiding the very territorial ones. By trying to mimic their natural habitat you will greatly increase the chances of successful. It s quite amicable with conspecifics and usually does well when kept in a group. Before attempting to breed whiptails one must naturally learn how to provide them with ideal conditions in the aquarium.

10 ten x corydoras metae bandit catfish 149 50. A very nice aquarium fish which is mild tempered hardy and easy to breed. This means it can instantly mimic its surroundings making it invisible to predators. They will even accept meaty foods like beef heart and most live and frozen foods.

Usual size in fish tanks. Recommended ph range for the species. In this aquarium we have one couple which we hope will breed. Fishkeeping news post sustaining your aquarium during the covid 19 virus lockdown 27 march 2020 fishkeeping news post french aquatics firm prodibio mobilizes to sanitise health workers in the war against the covid 19 pandemic.

The giant peruvian marbled whiptail is a rare fish species in aquariums and is still unclassified. Rineloricaria lanceolata whiptail catfish 13 00. Judw93 at forum and expert information on caring for bristlenose catfish on 2018 11 01 20 42 07. It can change colour very quickly.

This catfish has an extraordinary camouflage technique. But requires frequent partial water changes and does better with lots of water movement. Common whiptail catfish are to be found in the paraguay river basins. Zamora woodcat midnight catfish live fish.