They are a fair size, all between 4 and 5 inches with the biggest of the group being a female who is maybe just over 5 inches. There have been positive signs, in the future i guess i could make space to try the three tank method, or maybe just try removing the best pair from the group into their own ...

Yeah i have 10 (was 11!) the one that was lost certainly seemed to be at the bottom of the pecking order. Still trying everything i can think of to get them spawning, had some success with Lucipinnis but no dice with the Petricola yet. Not sure what to try next.

All other fish doing fine, must have been due to aggression. Cheers for the help Richard.

Thanks Richard, it's a mark i've seen before some time back on one of my original two fish, and he seemed fine and it healed nicely. This guy was a little smaller than the others and certainly seemed to be at the bottom of the pecking order. No new fish have been added recently.
There was an ...

Hi, just after some advice, at the weekend i noticed one of my wild Petricola had a light grey patch (circle) on its side/back and it was staying towards the top of the tank. After a few hours i moved him into a hospital tank but he didn't last the night. At first i thought it was down to aggression ...

Sorry, me again. I'm upgrading my Petricola tank to a 180 litre.
I have a group of 8 w/c adults, i am attempting to breed them, if it happens great, if not i don't mind, i just love keeping these fish.
Anyway, before i rush into transferring them into their new home i want to make sure i set it up ...

Can you point me in the right direction please

I know this isn't easy, i'm by no means an expert but it's something i would like to have a chance of, or aim to achieve in the future.
I know of the three tank method, but i'm just after any advice you can offer to put me in with a shot of getting these to breed. I have a group of 6 adults, in ...

Hi Richard, thanks for the reply. They are eating ok now and seem happy in their new tank, do you think it is large enough long term for 6 adult Petricola?
I do have bigger tanks available, but if this tank is OK i'd like to keep them as they are.

Cheers.

Hi, i have 6 w/c Syno Petricola. They have been happily living in my 5ft 450L tank with my Mbuna for a while, i was thinking of moving them into their own tank. A few days ago i was catching holding mbuna and on impulse decided to transfer my 6 petricola to a newly set up (fully cycled etc) tank ...

Hi, I have six adult Petricolas, they have been relatively shy up until today. Now there seems to be always at least two or three actively swimming around the tank, at all levels. Four of them I've only had a few weeks, so maybe just settling in? But this seems very sudden, like someone's flicked a ...

Yeah i was thinking the 2 footer would be too small, so best to swap the Brichardi into the 2 footer? Am i right in thinking that a breeding colony of Brichardi will attack Petricola as they would any other fish?

Hi, i currently have six adult Petricola in my 450 Litre Mbuna set up. To be honest the Petricola started off as just an afterthought addition to the tank. Initially i bought two 'dwarf petricola' that were in fact lucipinnis. I have since sourced six genuine adult W/C Petricola but now i am wanting ...

Birger wrote:Nice...

that anal fin looks huge, is it just the angle of the picture?

Birger

I think it's just the picture (he's turning)
I'll try and get a better picture of them.

Richard B wrote:Yes!

Great! Good job, cost me an arm and a leg lol

Fourth time lucky... Petricola?!

Sorry yes i mean the cichlid, Neolamprologus brichardi. I am interested in breeding the Brichardi, and in the fullness of time possibly the Lucipinnis (another tank set up for that in time) but i'll be buying juveniles so some way off that yet.
I know the Brichardi can be very aggressive when ...

Thanks for your help.
So i have two Lucipinnis now, and four hybrids (and a confirmed source for buying more Lucipinnis) i'll be moving the hybrids on. Currently they are in a 100 gallon Malawi tank. I'm picking up a second tank tomorrow, 55 gallon and am planning to keep it to just Brichardi and ...

Hi again, sorry last one i promise! :))
These were bought as Synodontis Petricola, and labelled as such but also labelled with common name 'Dwarf Petricola'
I know these little fellas are not hybrids, just unsure if they are indeed true Petricola or Lucipinnis.
I appreciate the help, apologies ...

Thankyou, this is not a hybrid? I have had enough of hybrids.

Hello again, can someone ID this Syno please?

Thankyou.

Silurus wrote:I'm afraid these are indeed hybrids.

Thanks for the quick reply, any idea what they could be hybrids of? I was thinking Multi's with something else....

Hi, i purchased four synos last week, they were advertised as Petricola. I was expecting Lucipinnis and this is what i got.
http://i.imgur.com/jAtVrTr.jpg
They have spots in the tails, i was told by someone else this a sure sign of hybridization but i don't know how true that is.

Thanks in ...