I’m amazed,
I was doing my weekly tank maintenance tonight; disturbing the detritus and water change.
whilst, pressing into my weeping moss...I saw a baby fish dart out of from the moss and attach onto the glass. I looked closer and realised it was a baby otocinclus catfish! Completely amazed as these are difficult fish to keep at the best of times!
its buggered up my maintenance as I was scared disturbing the moss and siphoning any babies up. . it seems they live within the moss eating algae etc.
I always wondered why my Bolivian ram use to inspect my moss and pick at it every now and then.
I never knew my fish had even bred, the only difference was their behaviour changed by hiding within the growth and not sticking to the glass as much. Especially as I have hard water living in Essex too.
ignore the detritus, I had disturbed it during my water change.
I was doing my weekly tank maintenance tonight; disturbing the detritus and water change.
whilst, pressing into my weeping moss...I saw a baby fish dart out of from the moss and attach onto the glass. I looked closer and realised it was a baby otocinclus catfish! Completely amazed as these are difficult fish to keep at the best of times!
its buggered up my maintenance as I was scared disturbing the moss and siphoning any babies up. . it seems they live within the moss eating algae etc.
I always wondered why my Bolivian ram use to inspect my moss and pick at it every now and then.
I never knew my fish had even bred, the only difference was their behaviour changed by hiding within the growth and not sticking to the glass as much. Especially as I have hard water living in Essex too.
ignore the detritus, I had disturbed it during my water change.