Id love to! I adore these catfish a lot, its a shame they're not more popular because these have easily become my favourite fish I have.

Nice, you can do it!!

I would say it's probably a hybrid, something like Synodontis sp_hybrid(4). Very pretty and clean looking. What it's back story / origin?

thats why I did not chime in.

Birger

I am with Eric on the fasting, not to worried if they miss a few days.Most glass cats, I have experience with the African varieties can get stressed. If you see them staying near the bottom just kind of shimmying you have a problem that needs to be addressed quickly or you will start losing them one...

A natural color variant A farm made color variant In this case it is Xanthism (An animal which is yellow or golden in color. This may happen in nature or through selective breeding.)They will still have dark eyes...so similar to Albino which everyone knows. The nigrita has been spawned for awhile b...

I suggest dont use that designation until not just you, but certain others are absolutely sure.
L144 is confusing enough for most, without adding to the confusion.

Birger

I think gold nigrita are a natural color variant, but I'm not 100% sure. That would explain why you're not seeing them in this thread, which is only about hybrids.

As far as I know they are a farm made color variant.

Birger

Holy cow! Congratulations! They parasitized the Aulonocara? Are there other species in the tank? Cheers, Eric Eric, I have pulled them from cichlids with cichlid eggs as well, they certainly do parasitize the cichlid eggs, sucking the yolk to a shriveled husk and then go for the fry.I have photos s...

ichthyologist's heart belonged to a lady named Natalie and the catfish somehow reminded him of her...

if this did happen to be true then it would be nataliei , I think thats how it would go.

My suggestion is to put them in the established 29 gal.take the current BN out though. at least a trio of claro, one male 2 females...or more.The dominant male will protect a cave from the start.I use a upsidedown flower pot dish at 3 inch diameter. They are a great little fish and you do not have t...

I agree completely with the previous post.It is too crowded and will result in stunted fish.

To be honest the larger group the better with petricola and lucipinnis, your rocks are perfect I would add more leaving a nice stretch of sand along the front.
Blood parrots would be a bad choice with these as there are many good choices in the rift lakes.

They are not great in a group, especially the females as they get larger, they will rip each other apart.The largest tank possible is always best for these....the 265 mentioned sounds perfect.

Hemisynodontis membracenea

make a great pet fish....grow quite large for home aquaria

Synodontis Clarias

quite rambunctious, not a great choice but for the specialist

Synodontis Robertsi..

A great fish in a group and for community tank...a nice size for home aquaria

I think a selection of caves is more important than one cave that is very specific in size and material
, give the fish the choice.

As far as Synodontis the only one I would say is suitable for your tank and what you want is the Synodontis nigriventris...better in groups, alright as a single. The smaller Microsynodontis are also a possibility.Very solitary but a hoot during feeding time.

You are better to consider a group of the same species, a mixed bag of different plecos is just that,a group of the same species has more interesting interaction among the members.

tTo be honest my first thought was polli whites with the fish in the recent video.Unless the color was played with a bit.But are probably just a version of lucipinnis.

This species is not a cave spawner, it is thought to be a scatterer using bunches of plants to scatter eggs into.Your fish look to be both S. eupterus.
You shoud have tried to hatch out the eggs that you saw, mind you I would have expected large numbers of very small eggs.

Birger

I always have a hard time when a store advertises "Wild Caught" For example, I have seen among others, tanks full of "Wild Caught Albino" African Aulonocara cichlids. I realize they just call them what the exporter labels them as but research is very much needed before believing,...

To me both 2 and 3 look like hybrids, there is no evidence of pardalis at all.

Your petricola are of course lucipinnis. I used piles of river rock which they enjoyed swimming in and out of. The more cover they have the braver they are to come out.

Birger

looks closer to grandiops to me.....clearer side shots would be best....contain the fishin a net to take a picture.

you have some Synodontis grandiops there....I am in my 50th year of fish keeping.

I am here again....what you need to know?

I agree it is a hybrid fish.

you dont really want nigrita...they are big bullies and greedy feeders.
the picture you have above for nigriventris is the zebra kutu variant.
The regular nigriventris have a variety of colors and patterns.

Birger

I will give my opinion on the ID and I agree with the hybrid direction....the color of the eyes just says a tanganyikan syno is in the mix.but the shape of the head screams hybrid to me.
Melanostictus have a different body shape in my eyes.

Birger

Good thing you did not get a real Longirostris...a friend of mine has one 24 inches long

Birger

I am working on getting it.

Birger

First Synodontis described in a very long time...I am excited.

Birger