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by ataridude
09 Jun 2019, 22:08
Forum: Other Catfishes
Topic: Spawning Ameiurus natalis
Replies: 7
Views: 19018

Re: Spawning Ameiurus natalis

I got pictures of the egg mass and of the fry hatching all the way up to 2 weeks old. I am waiting to write my paper on the subject before I post things like that. I did read in a small book about the winterization of the bullheads to prepare for them to spawn in the spring. If you know of anyone el...
by ataridude
06 Jun 2019, 01:54
Forum: Other Catfishes
Topic: Spawning Ameiurus natalis
Replies: 7
Views: 19018

Re: Spawning Ameiurus natalis

I just happen to catch the male and female together on rod and reel. I put them in my quarantine tank and noticed that they started nesting. The food in the tank was simple live minnows which they had quit eating for a couple of weeks prior to spawning. I introduced a tank heater turning it up to 82...
by ataridude
28 May 2019, 03:57
Forum: Other Catfishes
Topic: Spawning Ameiurus natalis
Replies: 7
Views: 19018

Spawning Ameiurus natalis

I have successfully spawned a pair of Ameiurus natalis. It was very exciting and now I have many small fry that I am thrilled to be able to watch develop. Question: I have not been able to find any literature on any natural spawning in an aquarium of this species. The only information that I have fo...
by ataridude
27 May 2019, 13:21
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Bullhead Breeding
Replies: 3
Views: 3242

Bullhead Breeding

Hello everyone. I have a pair of Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead) in a tank all by themselves. They were nesting and eventually laid a cluster of eggs. The eggs are hatching and there are all of these tiny cream colored fry. My question is as follows: I cannot find any other reference to a yellow ...
by ataridude
28 Jun 2016, 23:31
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine
Replies: 2
Views: 1849

Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine

I am trying to find copies of the tropical fish hobbyist magazine that I can scan into a pdf specifically concerning all types of catfish. I have the Digital subscription, but the publisher has disabled the print option. There are to many articles on catfish species to be able to afford directly fro...

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