Synodontis euptera • Mochokidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Synodontis euptera** Boulenger, 1901
Common Name(s)	Featherfin Syno, Featherfin Synodontis
Type Locality	Mouth of Lake No, White Nile, Sudan.
Synonym(s)	Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis macrepipterus
Pronunciation	sin oh don tiss - you TERR ahh
Etymology	Synodontis: From the Greek syn, meaning together, and odontos, meaning tooth; in reference to the closely-spaced lower jaw teeth. This specific epithet literally means beautiful (eu-=beautiful,good) wing (pteron=wing).
Species Information
Size	222mm (8.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	All species in the genus Synodontis have a hardened head cap that has attached a process (humeral process) which is situated behind the gill opening and pointed towards the posterior. The dorsal fin and pectoral fins have a hardened first ray which is serrated. Caudal fin is always forked. There is one pair of maxillary barbels, sometimes having membranes and occasionally branched. The two pairs of mandibular barbels are often branched and can have nodes attached. The cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw are short. S-shaped and movable in the lower jaw. These fish produce audible sounds when disturbed rubbing the base of the pectoral spine against the pectoral girdle. Juvenile colouration is quite different from that of the adult. The change begins when the fish reach about 40mm and gradually continues until they pass the 100mm mark.
Sexing	First lay the fish in your hand with its head toward your palm and the tail toward your fingers. Hold the dorsal spine between your middle and ring finger so the fish is belly up and you won't get stuck (Which by the way, hurts like crazy!). The genital pore is in a small furrow of tissue (in healthy fish) and will be obstructed by the pelvic fins. Pull down on the tail gently to arch the fishes spine and the pelvic fins will stand and the furrow open to display the genital pore and the anus of the fish. The male has a somewhat ridged genital papillae on which the spermatoduct is on the back side, facing the tail fin. A gravid female will also show an extended papillae but the oviduct is on the ventral side of the papillae (And may also show a little redness if really gravid). A thin or emaciated female will have just two pink pores, the oviduct and the anus.
Habitat Information
Distribution	White Nile, Chad Basin, Niger, Africa African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Nile, Upper Nile, White Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	5.6 - 7.5
Temperature	22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Undemanding.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Bloodworm, Sinking Catfish Pellets, Doromin
Furniture	Lots of rock caves and bogwood. Likes open spaces to patrol in the twilight / dark. Ensure the fish do not hide near a heater; they can burn themselves which leaves a nasty scar.
Compatibility	Peaceful. Can be kept singly or in groups given adequate refuge for each individual. A large multi-branched piece of bogwood is ideal.
Suggested Tankmates	Most medium or large community fish. Although commonly available as such, not a good species for the small community tank. Anything smaller than 3foot / 1 meter long, go for Synodontis nigriventris instead.
Breeding	Unknown
Further Information
References	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 8 (no. 43) - pp11
Registered Keepers	(1) TP (k: 4), (2) xingumike, (3) snowball, who also notes: "I have had this fish since 1990.", (4) synoguy (k: 2), (5) Ak Viking (k: 7), (6) zenyfish, who also notes: "Hardy. Robust.", (7) dorycora, (8) Travis_Conklin, (9) Persephone, (10) Trident2004, (11) caudalis, (12) Lornek8, (13) Oliver D. (k: 3), (14) jenny, (15) gage, (16) Coach, (17) phaedraeos, (18) saphphx (k: 3), (19) LookVideos, (20) funkyj1313, (21) Slider, (22) azfisher (k: 2), (23) GreenSynoMan, (24) synodont_fan, who also notes: "I have two. The largest is about 6 inches, and has more of a black body color than the pictured specimen. Very robust body and extremely active. The high, large dorsal fin is very attractive.", (25) VirgoWolf, (26) bramftm, (27) Freakdaddy (k: 6), (28) KenyanSandBoa, (29) Marsdinho, (30) vriesea (k: 2), who also notes: "Bought single at San Francisco Aquarium Society on 6/1/07. Bought 2nd eupterus at SVAS on 6/2/07.", (31) woofess, (32) Daragh, (33) ranmasan (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: " This is my very first catfish, NoNo, and even with his "territoriality", he's still my favorite ^_^. ", (34) catfish_dude, (35) spot86t, (36) Threefingers, who also notes: "Purchased sometime early on in 2004 as ~2" juvenile with information that this species would not grow much larger. As of 2007/07/12 he/she (nicknamed 'Finn') has grown to ~7" excluding fins. Despite this larger size, 'Finn&", (37) carrgirl, (38) teknikAL, (39) amygoodness, (40) Plank, (41) Benjamin (k: 5), (42) VancouverBetta, (43) Plecofanatic1989, (44) V, (45) orspearo666 (k: 2), who also notes: "beautiful catfish. very capable of taking care of itself. doesnt like african brown knife fish", (46) Carp37, (47) Landlubber, (48) kvnbyl, (49) bslindgren (k: 2), who also notes: "Easy to care for and relatively visible. Particularly when feeding. Grows fast! Mostly peaceful, but was aggressive towards my Corydoras sterbai, for some reason. They are now living happily in a 120 gal tank at my job, and have grown to about 5 inch", (50) Pseudospecialops (k: 2), (51) irshprncsk, (52) bob, who also notes: "Eats anything. Omnivorous(?) Doesn't like being petted, but does allow me to touch him. Eats from my hand, and doesn't bite. But he'll nibble sometimes. Base color is very dark brown.", (53) GoGoCactus, (54) Colin Keightley (p: 2, k: 4), (55) unblinded, (56) mouseninja, (57) Katy, (58) moi_eater (k: 2), (59) Kara, who also notes: "Very very hardy.", (60) Junttis, (61) DragonRubyFire, (62) Lostiniowa, (63) glyde, (64) jordant, (65) johnny1073, (66) alderfish, (67) jippo, (68) Scandi, (69) theonetruepath, (70) jb92, (71) Plunt (k: 2), (72) synodontisjack (p: 7), (73) synosteve (p: 2, k: 2), (74) Moosipher, (75) CubCariboo (k: 2), who also notes: "Name: "Batman & Robin" One now 33% larger than tho other. Both like to hang (usidedown) under the driftwood (although at opposit ends of the tank). "Robin" seems to be in Love with my Pleco "Dirt". Eatwell and active in the shade of wood or when ligh", (76) derrickrscott, (77) kellygirl (k: 2), (78) Marduk, (79) JDogg, (80) Bartman (k: 4), (81) Kampfer, (82) zedogz (p: 6), (83) ozzykatt, (84) speedy231278 (p: 2, k: 4), (85) blurock, (86) Shovelnose, (87) ray_c, (88) Auscat17 (k: 2), (89) flowaz, (90) doesdavid, (91) iam1ru12 (k: 3), (92) nvcichlids (k: 4), (93) dragonfish, (94) Moomoo, (95) Khalid, (96) pmbooper (k: 2), who also notes: "one 3 inch featherfin in 65 gal and one in 40 gal. ", (97) sonovue, (98) chralis, (99) fishmosy, (100) dwblackman, (101) Raz, (102) chemma (k: 2), (103) emperorted, (104) AI27, (105) synofreak (p: 2), (106) andywoolloo, (107) Mandrake, (108) carolynkline, (109) Camaroahopp, (110) mrfox90, (111) Syno_Eupterus. (p: 13, k: 6), (112) cherylp, (113) Lenna (k: 4), (114) shadowcat, (115) chalky76, (116) oliv67 (k: 310), (117) SoCalDiscus, (118) jrodriguez, (119) dbhewitt63, (120) b.price, (121) jeffa711, (122) smokymcjoe, (123) mightymaki, (124) jprp, (125) Derzel, (126) flappinganimal, (127) raymond, (128) wschug (k: 2), (129) Burgess, (130) naturalart, (131) elle_1313, (132) tcarrier, (133) Ozcattie, (134) judeblackburn, (135) Kyleonfire, (136) Back, (137) pickles4601, (138) canuck, who also notes: "lateral line disaese", (139) dannyrawlins, (140) Viktor Jarikov (k: 2), who also notes: "One is shy, peaceful, named Rabbit, ~8.5", deformed head, mouth, birth trauma? The other is ornery, bold, feisty, territorial, named Franz; smaller ~5". Chases others but not viciously.", (141) shazarna, (142) Bloodywertzie, (143) dpk2313, (144) drplec, (145) oli (k: 5), (146) cichlidman16yearsold (k: 5), who also notes: "free fish i got after buying $125 in other fish", (147) d3n2, (148) Miss Dib Dabs, (149) cmoney, (150) theviper06 (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Syd", "Euro", (151) TheFishGuy, (152) bonibaru, (153) Bisclavret (p: 2), who also notes: "This fish hasn't been named yet, but I hand feed it bloodworms and pieces of krill. It's very friendly when it sees me, but hides for everyone else.", (154) chubbikins, (155) mrfishydude, (156) L number Banana (k: 3), who also notes: "Size is approx.", (157) tijani, (158) klink5, (159) Ughmental, (160) Steen (k: 3), (161) riceni01, (162) Mezel (k: 2), who also notes: "These are my Tank bosses, very good at there jobs as well. Very cute when they have an upside downy syno under there pec fin.", (163) GoldenFeather, who also notes: "Nui is the most incredible Syno Eupterus in the Universe! He's survived Hell & is on his way back... He was raised in a 10 gal & was abandoned for several months without food, water or care... 'till recently. But he's a trooper, he's a Hero... this handsome wonderful fish of fishes.", (164) ad8, (165) john_d, (166) danlinn, (167) Sciencehero, who also notes: "We call him Bob.", (168) Profiel310 (k: 3), (169) Taz (k: 2), (170) Buddiechrist, (171) bahid, (172) loginthesand, (173) maynard1982, (174) Hellcatt, (175) slayer5590, (176) Cyberdragon, (177) bluestbluedog (k: 2), (178) arapaimag (k: 4), (179) scrup, (180) Starfish42 (k: 2), (181) clydeboy (k: 2), (182) browny85, (183) sasdrum (k: 4), who also notes: "I LOVE these fish! They are so cool! They usually stay in my log with my Rainbow Shark til 9 a.m. then they come out and explore the tank til about 10:30 when the sunlight hits the tank and they duck back into the log til around 5 p.m. I feed about quarter til but they seem to like to wait for the pellets to dissolve some. They stay out about til midnight. To be honest I wanted Pictus, but I stumbled upon a situation where I could get some free fish and the Pictus looked awful, but these little guys had been there for about a week and were still looking good. Walmart had advertised them as Lace Catfish (They're now calling some Orange Squeakers Lace cats. Haha!) I normally avoid Walmart fish but needed a Molly for school, but since they were still alive I figured they were pretty healthy. I've had them two weeks now and they've grown a 1/4 of an inch. In that time, I have become a fan. They don't swim around the tank constantly, in fact they seem to prefer hanging out in/on some of my false plants (I have a mix of life and fake). I have to say that the hardest thing to get used to is that they will sometimes lay upside down under the plant leaves. Initially, I thought they were dying and stuck my hand in there to make sure that was not the case. Now I'm much more accustom to it and I think these quirks add the draw of this breed. I'm currently working on getting everything set up for a 55 gallon tank. Since this tank will be staying at my school's science department (can't have it in the dorm) for the next four years, I'm working to create a habitat that will be a cross between their natural African rivers and my shark's Aisan river basins. I should have this tank started on the cycling process no later than the end of January. :)", (184) Crazysosa, who also notes: "Hangs Out Vertically most Often", (185) Maccus (k: 6), who also notes: "List of mysteries: - Strange behavior, huddling in corner. - Sudden fighting after years of getting along. - Refusing food after fights. - Water quality perfect/daily water changes not solving problems. - Nobody on the internet able to find source of problems.", (186) Seagirt, (187) milosz (k: 2), (188) catfishkemp, (189) arcsb, (190) simon g, who also notes: "My Synodontis Eupterus has survived in 1 inch of water following a cracked tank, and our house being completely destroyed by fire (thatched roof).", (191) Sargy60, (192) spinyoldbrian (k: 2), who also notes: "Currently trying to split these two up; only rooming together out of necessity.", (193) Catfish freak, who also notes: "Raized from 5cm juvenile, to 30cm bad boy. ;)", (194) james gilbertson, who also notes: "Shy fish, but very grumpy, this one always chases his counterparts", (195) monsterfishkeeper, (196) Bruton, (197) airlik73, (198) catfish-pigeon, who also notes: "Just got this one, have kept several over the years, definitely one of my favorites!", (199) Mcjlance, (200) donk, (201) AvengedKombat (p: 3), (202) CichlidMatt, (203) lasteeves (k: 3), (204) Brisch, (205) mjh712, (206) victoriaz24, (207) auz_legend, (208) TankTheHoplo, who also notes: "We call her Petunia. Has grown from about 1 inch to about 4.5 inches in a little less than five months. This is my third Synodontis, probably my favorite catfish.", (209) elessar, (210) guardianfyre, (211) Anthony King, (212) kwalker, (213) James.feenan, (214) lazymonsterboy, (215) santor, (216) Jass, (217) mrsjdean, (218) mcaquatic, (219) jodilynn, who also notes: ""Leo" is just gorgeous, magnificent fins, beautiful deep grey-brown body, lots of inky black polka-dots, happily tolerates a pesky Botia Kubotai who wants to constantly be rightnext to him, just adore him, went out a purchased a 55 gallon just for him and his loachy friend", (220) rizla75, (221) minipol, (222) aseroner, (223) Rummage. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Synodontis euptera Boulenger, 1901

Common Name(s)

Featherfin Syno, Featherfin Synodontis

Type Locality

Mouth of Lake No, White Nile, Sudan.

Synonym(s)

Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis macrepipterus

Pronunciation

sin oh don tiss - you TERR ahh

Etymology

Synodontis: From the Greek syn, meaning together, and odontos, meaning tooth; in reference to the closely-spaced lower jaw teeth. This specific epithet literally means beautiful (eu-=beautiful,good) wing (pteron=wing).

Species Information

Size

222mm (8.7") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

All species in the genus Synodontis have a hardened head cap that has attached a process (humeral process) which is situated behind the gill opening and pointed towards the posterior. The dorsal fin and pectoral fins have a hardened first ray which is serrated. Caudal fin is always forked. There is one pair of maxillary barbels, sometimes having membranes and occasionally branched. The two pairs of mandibular barbels are often branched and can have nodes attached. The cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw are short. S-shaped and movable in the lower jaw. These fish produce audible sounds when disturbed rubbing the base of the pectoral spine against the pectoral girdle.

Juvenile colouration is quite different from that of the adult. The change begins when the fish reach about 40mm and gradually continues until they pass the 100mm mark.

Sexing

First lay the fish in your hand with its head toward your palm and the tail toward your fingers. Hold the dorsal spine between your middle and ring finger so the fish is belly up and you won't get stuck (Which by the way, hurts like crazy!). The genital pore is in a small furrow of tissue (in healthy fish) and will be obstructed by the pelvic fins. Pull down on the tail gently to arch the fishes spine and the pelvic fins will stand and the furrow open to display the genital pore and the anus of the fish. The male has a somewhat ridged genital papillae on which the spermatoduct is on the back side, facing the tail fin. A gravid female will also show an extended papillae but the oviduct is on the ventral side of the papillae (And may also show a little redness if really gravid). A thin or emaciated female will have just two pink pores, the oviduct and the anus.

Habitat Information

Distribution

White Nile, Chad Basin, Niger, Africa
African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nile, Upper Nile, White Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

5.6 - 7.5

Temperature

22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Undemanding.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Bloodworm, Sinking Catfish Pellets, Doromin

Furniture

Lots of rock caves and bogwood. Likes open spaces to patrol in the twilight / dark. Ensure the fish do not hide near a heater; they can burn themselves which leaves a nasty scar.

Compatibility

Peaceful. Can be kept singly or in groups given adequate refuge for each individual. A large multi-branched piece of bogwood is ideal.

Suggested Tankmates

Most medium or large community fish. Although commonly available as such, not a good species for the small community tank. Anything smaller than 3foot / 1 meter long, go for Synodontis nigriventris instead.

Breeding

Unknown

Further Information

References

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 8 (no. 43) - pp11

Registered Keepers

(1) TP (k: 4), (2) xingumike, (3) snowball, who also notes: "I have had this fish since 1990.", (4) synoguy (k: 2), (5) Ak Viking (k: 7), (6) zenyfish, who also notes: "Hardy. Robust.", (7) dorycora, (8) Travis_Conklin, (9) Persephone, (10) Trident2004, (11) caudalis, (12) Lornek8, (13) Oliver D. (k: 3), (14) jenny, (15) gage, (16) Coach, (17) phaedraeos, (18) saphphx (k: 3), (19) LookVideos, (20) funkyj1313, (21) Slider, (22) azfisher (k: 2), (23) GreenSynoMan, (24) synodont_fan, who also notes: "I have two. The largest is about 6 inches, and has more of a black body color than the pictured specimen. Very robust body and extremely active. The high, large dorsal fin is very attractive.", (25) VirgoWolf, (26) bramftm, (27) Freakdaddy (k: 6), (28) KenyanSandBoa, (29) Marsdinho, (30) vriesea (k: 2), who also notes: "Bought single at San Francisco Aquarium Society on 6/1/07. Bought 2nd eupterus at SVAS on 6/2/07.", (31) woofess, (32) Daragh, (33) ranmasan (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: " This is my very first catfish, NoNo, and even with his "territoriality", he's still my favorite ^_^. ", (34) catfish_dude, (35) spot86t, (36) Threefingers, who also notes: "Purchased sometime early on in 2004 as ~2" juvenile with information that this species would not grow much larger. As of 2007/07/12 he/she (nicknamed 'Finn') has grown to ~7" excluding fins. Despite this larger size, 'Finn&", (37) carrgirl, (38) teknikAL, (39) amygoodness, (40) Plank, (41) Benjamin (k: 5), (42) VancouverBetta, (43) Plecofanatic1989, (44) V, (45) orspearo666 (k: 2), who also notes: "beautiful catfish. very capable of taking care of itself. doesnt like african brown knife fish", (46) Carp37, (47) Landlubber, (48) kvnbyl, (49) bslindgren (k: 2), who also notes: "Easy to care for and relatively visible. Particularly when feeding. Grows fast! Mostly peaceful, but was aggressive towards my Corydoras sterbai, for some reason. They are now living happily in a 120 gal tank at my job, and have grown to about 5 inch", (50) Pseudospecialops (k: 2), (51) irshprncsk, (52) bob, who also notes: "Eats anything. Omnivorous(?) Doesn't like being petted, but does allow me to touch him. Eats from my hand, and doesn't bite. But he'll nibble sometimes. Base color is very dark brown.", (53) GoGoCactus, (54) Colin Keightley (p: 2, k: 4), (55) unblinded, (56) mouseninja, (57) Katy, (58) moi_eater (k: 2), (59) Kara, who also notes: "Very very hardy.", (60) Junttis, (61) DragonRubyFire, (62) Lostiniowa, (63) glyde, (64) jordant, (65) johnny1073, (66) alderfish, (67) jippo, (68) Scandi, (69) theonetruepath, (70) jb92, (71) Plunt (k: 2), (72) synodontisjack (p: 7), (73) synosteve (p: 2, k: 2), (74) Moosipher, (75) CubCariboo (k: 2), who also notes: "Name: "Batman & Robin" One now 33% larger than tho other. Both like to hang (usidedown) under the driftwood (although at opposit ends of the tank). "Robin" seems to be in Love with my Pleco "Dirt". Eatwell and active in the shade of wood or when ligh", (76) derrickrscott, (77) kellygirl (k: 2), (78) Marduk, (79) JDogg, (80) Bartman (k: 4), (81) Kampfer, (82) zedogz (p: 6), (83) ozzykatt, (84) speedy231278 (p: 2, k: 4), (85) blurock, (86) Shovelnose, (87) ray_c, (88) Auscat17 (k: 2), (89) flowaz, (90) doesdavid, (91) iam1ru12 (k: 3), (92) nvcichlids (k: 4), (93) dragonfish, (94) Moomoo, (95) Khalid, (96) pmbooper (k: 2), who also notes: "one 3 inch featherfin in 65 gal and one in 40 gal. ", (97) sonovue, (98) chralis, (99) fishmosy, (100) dwblackman, (101) Raz, (102) chemma (k: 2), (103) emperorted, (104) AI27, (105) synofreak (p: 2), (106) andywoolloo, (107) Mandrake, (108) carolynkline, (109) Camaroahopp, (110) mrfox90, (111) Syno_Eupterus. (p: 13, k: 6), (112) cherylp, (113) Lenna (k: 4), (114) shadowcat, (115) chalky76, (116) oliv67 (k: 310), (117) SoCalDiscus, (118) jrodriguez, (119) dbhewitt63, (120) b.price, (121) jeffa711, (122) smokymcjoe, (123) mightymaki, (124) jprp, (125) Derzel, (126) flappinganimal, (127) raymond, (128) wschug (k: 2), (129) Burgess, (130) naturalart, (131) elle_1313, (132) tcarrier, (133) Ozcattie, (134) judeblackburn, (135) Kyleonfire, (136) Back, (137) pickles4601, (138) canuck, who also notes: "lateral line disaese", (139) dannyrawlins, (140) Viktor Jarikov (k: 2), who also notes: "One is shy, peaceful, named Rabbit, ~8.5", deformed head, mouth, birth trauma? The other is ornery, bold, feisty, territorial, named Franz; smaller ~5". Chases others but not viciously.", (141) shazarna, (142) Bloodywertzie, (143) dpk2313, (144) drplec, (145) oli (k: 5), (146) cichlidman16yearsold (k: 5), who also notes: "free fish i got after buying $125 in other fish", (147) d3n2, (148) Miss Dib Dabs, (149) cmoney, (150) theviper06 (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Syd", "Euro", (151) TheFishGuy, (152) bonibaru, (153) Bisclavret (p: 2), who also notes: "This fish hasn't been named yet, but I hand feed it bloodworms and pieces of krill. It's very friendly when it sees me, but hides for everyone else.", (154) chubbikins, (155) mrfishydude, (156) L number Banana (k: 3), who also notes: "Size is approx.", (157) tijani, (158) klink5, (159) Ughmental, (160) Steen (k: 3), (161) riceni01, (162) Mezel (k: 2), who also notes: "These are my Tank bosses, very good at there jobs as well. Very cute when they have an upside downy syno under there pec fin.", (163) GoldenFeather, who also notes: "Nui is the most incredible Syno Eupterus in the Universe! He's survived Hell & is on his way back... He was raised in a 10 gal & was abandoned for several months without food, water or care... 'till recently. But he's a trooper, he's a Hero... this handsome wonderful fish of fishes.", (164) ad8, (165) john_d, (166) danlinn, (167) Sciencehero, who also notes: "We call him Bob.", (168) Profiel310 (k: 3), (169) Taz (k: 2), (170) Buddiechrist, (171) bahid, (172) loginthesand, (173) maynard1982, (174) Hellcatt, (175) slayer5590, (176) Cyberdragon, (177) bluestbluedog (k: 2), (178) arapaimag (k: 4), (179) scrup, (180) Starfish42 (k: 2), (181) clydeboy (k: 2), (182) browny85, (183) sasdrum (k: 4), who also notes: "I LOVE these fish! They are so cool! They usually stay in my log with my Rainbow Shark til 9 a.m. then they come out and explore the tank til about 10:30 when the sunlight hits the tank and they duck back into the log til around 5 p.m. I feed about quarter til but they seem to like to wait for the pellets to dissolve some. They stay out about til midnight. To be honest I wanted Pictus, but I stumbled upon a situation where I could get some free fish and the Pictus looked awful, but these little guys had been there for about a week and were still looking good. Walmart had advertised them as Lace Catfish (They're now calling some Orange Squeakers Lace cats. Haha!) I normally avoid Walmart fish but needed a Molly for school, but since they were still alive I figured they were pretty healthy. I've had them two weeks now and they've grown a 1/4 of an inch. In that time, I have become a fan. They don't swim around the tank constantly, in fact they seem to prefer hanging out in/on some of my false plants (I have a mix of life and fake). I have to say that the hardest thing to get used to is that they will sometimes lay upside down under the plant leaves. Initially, I thought they were dying and stuck my hand in there to make sure that was not the case. Now I'm much more accustom to it and I think these quirks add the draw of this breed. I'm currently working on getting everything set up for a 55 gallon tank. Since this tank will be staying at my school's science department (can't have it in the dorm) for the next four years, I'm working to create a habitat that will be a cross between their natural African rivers and my shark's Aisan river basins. I should have this tank started on the cycling process no later than the end of January. :)", (184) Crazysosa, who also notes: "Hangs Out Vertically most Often", (185) Maccus (k: 6), who also notes: "List of mysteries: - Strange behavior, huddling in corner. - Sudden fighting after years of getting along. - Refusing food after fights. - Water quality perfect/daily water changes not solving problems. - Nobody on the internet able to find source of problems.", (186) Seagirt, (187) milosz (k: 2), (188) catfishkemp, (189) arcsb, (190) simon g, who also notes: "My Synodontis Eupterus has survived in 1 inch of water following a cracked tank, and our house being completely destroyed by fire (thatched roof).", (191) Sargy60, (192) spinyoldbrian (k: 2), who also notes: "Currently trying to split these two up; only rooming together out of necessity.", (193) Catfish freak, who also notes: "Raized from 5cm juvenile, to 30cm bad boy. ;)", (194) james gilbertson, who also notes: "Shy fish, but very grumpy, this one always chases his counterparts", (195) monsterfishkeeper, (196) Bruton, (197) airlik73, (198) catfish-pigeon, who also notes: "Just got this one, have kept several over the years, definitely one of my favorites!", (199) Mcjlance, (200) donk, (201) AvengedKombat (p: 3), (202) CichlidMatt, (203) lasteeves (k: 3), (204) Brisch, (205) mjh712, (206) victoriaz24, (207) auz_legend, (208) TankTheHoplo, who also notes: "We call her Petunia. Has grown from about 1 inch to about 4.5 inches in a little less than five months. This is my third Synodontis, probably my favorite catfish.", (209) elessar, (210) guardianfyre, (211) Anthony King, (212) kwalker, (213) James.feenan, (214) lazymonsterboy, (215) santor, (216) Jass, (217) mrsjdean, (218) mcaquatic, (219) jodilynn, who also notes: ""Leo" is just gorgeous, magnificent fins, beautiful deep grey-brown body, lots of inky black polka-dots, happily tolerates a pesky Botia Kubotai who wants to constantly be rightnext to him, just adore him, went out a purchased a 55 gallon just for him and his loachy friend", (220) rizla75, (221) minipol, (222) aseroner, (223) Rummage.

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