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- 15 Dec 2020, 23:25
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Pretty excited to see a new synodontis fry swimming around my tank this morning. Haha. This one was the 1st and only one i did nothing to help start. I usually strip my female cichlids...so i end up with fry from both fish. This time, with Xmas so close and just switching jobs a month ago...which in...
- 30 Sep 2020, 00:17
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
This picture is from the waterchange but i wanted to show this one seperately as the two catfish in this picture are the last batch i have been growing for a month or two. I am really in love with these fish...one of the most rewarding fish i have kept so far. 20200928_215433_HDR.jpg :-Q Here is a f...
- 30 Sep 2020, 00:12
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
These next pics are from the other day while i was doing a waterchange
- 30 Sep 2020, 00:07
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Heres a few pics i took today... The first one is of a juvenile synodontis that i bred a month or two ago. The rest of the pictures are of the most recent batch. I have added some rocks with java fern attached, as well as some anubis that i have removed from mother plant. .....yet they prefer to be ...
- 17 Sep 2020, 04:22
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Thanks for feedback and tips. I actually put some Java Fern covered rocks and the huge pothos cutting in with them today...i will try to find some shells on payday lol
- 16 Sep 2020, 04:14
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
I separated the catfish from cichlid fry, crazy how fast they grow at this stage.
- 14 Sep 2020, 00:26
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Hello everyone....hope all are well. Jus found another 3 synodontis fry in another female. I was almost ready to give up on hoping to find catfish fry recently..as ive had about 3 batches of cichlid eggs without any. I am thinking that the "host" cichlids are starting to catch on to the &q...
- 09 Jul 2020, 23:09
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Hey guys...so the this is the best pic i can get right now. 20200709_180329.jpg 20200709_180327.jpg The two smaller ones are from my own spawn. The other is a juvenile i purchased before my group started to breed for me. They are still not getting a lot of fry in the cichlid spawns...but i do have s...
- 30 Jun 2020, 10:33
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Yes my "multipunctatus" are indeed grandiops.
- 27 Jun 2020, 06:01
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Well, they did it again!! Lol. Jus stripped another female Sunshine Peacock and found 5 syno eggs...3 days later i have 2 survivors. I do think i will have to cull one, as it looks to have a deformity. The first fry i got are now getting big and eating everything in sight. I will post pics soon as i...
- 06 May 2020, 14:55
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Good news- I have not lost anymore of the fry, still have 3 alive and well. They are definitely growing and eating baby brine shrimp and the fry food made by Hikari. Crazy how much faster the catfish fry grow then the aulonocara fry of the host cichlid. I hope that the catfish continue to breed now ...
- 05 May 2020, 04:08
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
I lost one of the fry while i was at work..it was the smallest of the 4. I assume one of the others ate it, as im almost positive it couldnt have gone anywhere else lol The other 3 are doing good so far..i swear theyre growing already
- 04 May 2020, 17:17
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
@Mrsomethingfishy, did you see this recent scientific report on grandiops? Natural brood hosts for Synodontis multipunctatus and Synodontis grandiops I don't know that there's anything useful in it for you, but cool to see more attention given the genus in the scientific literature. Cheers, Eric Th...
- 04 May 2020, 05:58
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Yes. Theres only grandiops in the tank, and the peacocks. I have about 7 lucipinnis in another tank. I watched my dominant male sunshine spawning with one of his females...the syno's kept charging in. I watched the whole thing and didnt even catch the "switch" lol.
- 04 May 2020, 03:17
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
My camera is cracked in the glass...i will try to borrow my wodes tomorrow.
- 04 May 2020, 03:15
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
My camera is cracked on my phone....but i have some good news ladies and gentlemen. WE HAVE CATFISH BABIES!!! synodontis grandiops. From what i can see..4 fry from one female aulonocara baenschi. I knew i was seeing breeding behaviors starting to happen within the group. Im so excited!! I wish i was...
- 29 Apr 2020, 04:10
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
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 Thank you for the confirmation. I definitely dont know as much as you guys do when it comes to these fish....always appreci...
- 29 Apr 2020, 04:09
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
They look nice, quite young (?) Synodontis grandiops . Good luck with the breeding project. Interesting also to hear about your wider circumstances, crazy times indeed. Jools Yes...i do believe they're grandiops as well...jus needed confirmation. From what i undsrstand, the majority of my group is ...
- 19 Apr 2020, 18:36
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Hello everyone, hope you guys are safe and healthy during this crazy time we are going thru. I have been deemed "essential worker", and our shop has almost halfed our regular output. I am apprentice autobody and collision damage repairer in Canada...but i am in a truck shop. I fix fleet ve...
- 05 Mar 2020, 20:30
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Going to be deep cleaning the tanks tonight. I will have some pics of my newest, but most mature group of "multi's". I have to catch one of them to put him into a hospital tank, as he/she has been on the recieving end of some aggression the last week or two. Looking foward to getting some ...
- 01 Mar 2020, 21:20
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: My catfish
- Replies: 7
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Re: My catfish
Wow!! That syno is amazing. Would literally clear a tank for him/her lol. How big is it?
- 19 Feb 2020, 19:35
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
I keep trying to get some pictures of them...but still kinda skittish around my place. I figure they will take a while to actually get used to the new tank and household. I am a heavy footed walker...and i have two mastiffs that weigh about 100-120 lbs each. But to see them start this behavior less ...
- 18 Feb 2020, 16:59
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
So ive been watching my tanks and have definitely noticed some strange behaviours. I keep catching two of my newest group of "multis" doing a dance i could only describe as courting or mating. The one...the bigger of the two, will swim around being followed by the other...who will "bi...
- 16 Feb 2020, 16:26
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
I am also thinking its "syno on syno" crime lol. They might have sensed breeding of your ancistrus or who knows. I was watching my tanks last night and witnessed a few of mine chasing each other around the tank. Theyre usually not THAT rough with each other...but anything is possible with ...
- 14 Feb 2020, 20:41
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Couple pics of a few synos in the tank. Theres 3 different purchases in these two pics. 20200214_153302.jpg This first one is of a juvenile i got labelled as multipunctatus. I am thinking it may be a grandiops tho. Still beautiful fish. 20200214_153403.jpg this second one is actually two pick ups. T...
- 12 Feb 2020, 17:37
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Ive had them in the past and i was amazed at how majestic and beautiful they were in the tank. Reminded me of the whale sharks in the ocean
- 11 Feb 2020, 03:05
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
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Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Tried to crop the pics to get a better look.
- 11 Feb 2020, 03:01
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
Tried to get a few pics of the "petricola" i got a few weeks back. These guys are in my newly established QT tank...even tho i am sure theyre fine. I had to make some moves i usually wouldnt...i was forced to introduce the group of 8 "multi's" straight into my tank. i was not com...
- 11 Feb 2020, 02:47
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
- 09 Feb 2020, 19:10
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77218
Re: Ongoing Synodontis Thread
I had some issues with the whole pictures while transferring them into the tank. Felt like i was causing stress and the picture i got wasnt good at all