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by mkinsella
09 Apr 2023, 14:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?

Thanks again for the replies and useful info, I really appreciate it. I don't have a lot of help or resources local to me, so to be able to come on here and ask questions, get advice or share my thoughts is an enormous help.
by mkinsella
08 Apr 2023, 15:24
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?

OK I definitely got it figured now because I've got wigglers. I'd say about 60% or more of the eggs look good but I'll know better in a few more days. I'm fairly certain it was the water hardness. I put just 20% RO water, so not a lot but it brought down the hardness. The pH came down a little but n...
by mkinsella
06 Apr 2023, 13:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Re: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?

Thanks for the replies, that's all helpful. She was ready to lay eggs again so I setup a separate tank for her lay in as I've done before but this time I added just a little RO water to reduce the hardness a bit. I didn't want to shock the breeding female as she's been bred and raised only in my wel...
by mkinsella
04 Apr 2023, 11:56
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?
Replies: 8
Views: 1588

Does pH and hardness matter with hatching woodcat eggs?

My water is pretty hard, TDS 280, KH 14, GH 14. pH is 7. My water is from a well and sometimes fluctuates a little but that's the average tank water parameters. The last 2 times I tried hatching some Fisher's woodcat eggs, I had them in a separate hatching/fry tank. I had no fry and the eggs didn't ...
by mkinsella
03 Apr 2023, 12:53
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

Thanks. I'm struggling for space at the moment but I'm trying. The difficulty I'm having is the tank she's in, the other fish will eat the eggs. What I've done in the past is move a female to another tank to lay her eggs. The trouble is getting that timing right because they can tend to just drop eg...
by mkinsella
02 Apr 2023, 14:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

Sorry it's been a while but just wanted to update and let everyone know she didn't grow out of her white colour as some predicted. I think I've managed to figure out attaching images now, so you'll be able to see below. The pictures don't do her justice, she's stunning and when the light catches her...
by mkinsella
27 Jun 2022, 21:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

Update: Almost 2 weeks since last update and she/he has almost doubled in size and is still looking just as white. I've posted some more photos on my insta. I've tried again to upload photos here but I just can't get it to work on my phone. I'm gradually feeling more confident it will stay white. ht...
by mkinsella
16 Jun 2022, 20:33
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

Thanks Jools. I should dig my laptop out so I can upload more photos here but I rarely use it these days, I just use my phone. I have just posted some more photos on Instagram now that I took today and there's another video I posted a couple of days ago. It's been about a week since I first posted a...
by mkinsella
12 Jun 2022, 14:31
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

It will be interesting to see how it develops. I've seen in other fish I've spawned what seems like a different pattern or color just disappears over time. This time it seems so very different though. It's not easy to see from my photos but it's pure white and even translucent or devoid of any color...
by mkinsella
12 Jun 2022, 09:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

Thanks for your replies. If they'd bred in another tank with other fish or I'd mixed fry for rearing, I'd be convinced it wasn't a Fishers Woodcat but I placed the female alone in this tank to lay her eggs and removed her after they were layed. So I know 100% what it is and hopefully it will keep it...
by mkinsella
11 Jun 2022, 20:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

I'm having trouble uploading photos here from my phone but I have a couple of photos and a video on my insta
http://instagram.com/hilltopaquariumfish
by mkinsella
11 Jun 2022, 20:15
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Re: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

They are about a month old now. Just went and checked my notes in my calendar, it's 4 weeks exactly since hatching.
by mkinsella
10 Jun 2022, 09:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat
Replies: 16
Views: 5127

Leucistic or white Fishers Woodcat

I've bred some Fishers Woodcats and this is my first attempt. I have 7 fry survived and looking healthy. My heater stopped working in the fry tank when they were hatching and I think that affected the hatch rate. Anyway, I have one that is white, not albino as it has black eyes and 2 or 3 tiny black...

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