@ Dinyar

You have petricolas, haven't you? How many of them? Have you already spawned them?

They will reach about 6 cm?

Is it true that the only documented spawnings with petricola were with dwarfs?

That is a lot, I think you like the Synos. Have you already spawned some of them?

My petricolas should look like this:


This are "dwarfs", aren't they?

Thank you, this is what I wanted to know. Since September 2002 I'am planing a tank with S. petricolas only. But the accessories are very eypensive and also the fish are very expensive here and because I'am a student it is not so easy for me, money does not grow on trees. After I began to inform myse...

Thanks very much but with the S. petricola "dwarf" there is the problem of identifying. How can I be sure that it is really S. petricola "dwarf"?

By the way, which are the smallest Synos?

Also to my opinion a 29 gallon tank is too small for S. angelicus or eupterus!!!

All three will reach about 24 cm TL, which definitely rules out the fish as being any one of the three species.

So maybe it is a new species!

Hey guys, no answers?

Much PVC, little fish.

Give us some more information about the tank: size, how many males, how many females, what do you feed?

What do you think of the idea that this fish is also S. eupterus but it just looks different. Look at the S. petricolas. Just some days ago I saw that Dinyar some pictures (thank you Dinyar, very informative) of different S. petricola. As you can see there the shape of the body is not always the sam...

I do agree with your opinion that hybrids are an ethical matter. But how can I really be sure if a this fish is a hybrid or not. The only thing I can do is to send an e-mail and ask them. Maybe the will answer honestly. I have already tried to contact them for information about the fish, this was la...

@ Dinyar

Sounds like at least circumstantial evidence

What exactly does this mean? I come from Austria and so it is not very easy for me to understand it.


@ all
So what do you think now, would it be a good idea to buy this fish?

At the moment I can only say thank you for the information. I will think about.

Drawings are good but are there only drawings or also real pictures.

Are there also pictures form the fish in it? Would be good to identify.

Now I will have to improve my French!

Do you also know a book in English or German? I speak French but not very well!

Hi,

thank you for the good information. This does help me a lot.

Another question: do you know a good book about Synodontis? Could also be in English because in German there is nothing really suitable.

Hi Silurus, could be that the site meant S. velifer. However, I think that this fish is very interesting. It is offered in germany on http://www.aqua-haus.de. They say that it will reach 5 to 6 cm. To my opinion this is a really small Syno but I think I will buy 5 to 7 of them because they cost only...

Hi at all, I have a question. What do you think about this Synodontis? http://www.aquahaus.de/bilder/galerie/sonstigewelse/synodontis1.jpg I have seen it on a german page, there it is called S. verlifer. But when I wanted to find it in the Cat-E-Log I was suprised, that there is no S. verlifer in it...

Hi SG_Eurystomus,

Thank you, the thread "synodontis petricola: breeding in caves" is very informative!

Hi, my name is Georg and I come from Austria. At the moment I am planing a tank with syno petricola. Can you give my some advices about this fish? How can I be sure that the fish I will buy is really a Petricola and not for instance a polli? Please tell me everything that you know and that is import...