Synodontis question

[Phyllonemus]

I had a group of 6

Synodontis lucipinnis

, they where visible all day because I had the right aquascape I think.
Now I'm planning to hold Synodontis sp.(2) also nown as Synodontis Polli White Zambia.

With the right aquascape in mind, can I expect that the PWZ are even as active as my former lucipinnis group ?

[Richard B]

Pretty much yes!

[Phyllonemus]

Do the PWZ have aprox. the same maximum size as the lucipinnis ?
max. size isn't mentioned in the CAT-E-Log, for the PWZ species.

[Richard B]

to be honest, i don't know - my biggest is 4" SL

[Phyllonemus]

Is it possible to see the difference between a lucipinnis F1 and a F-Later ?

[MatsP]

Is it possible to see the difference between a lucipinnis F1 and a F-Later ?

SF1 means "first captive generation", and F2 would be the offspring of F1 fish. As long as the F2, or F3, etc aren't the result of linebreeding (where the parents are brother and sister or otherwise closely related), then there should be absolutely no difference between the wild-caught (F0) and the F2 generation.

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Mats

[worton[pl]]

Hey,

well there will be some differences imho. Mostly in tooth, shape of jaws (colerated with growth of muscles) and other things, mostly in behaviour, colerated with feeding.
But without really carefull checking you won't be probably able to tell difference between f0 and f1 fish .

Regards.

[MatsP]

Worton, what you are saying may well be entirely true: if the fish is wild-caught (F0) it would have been feeding differently, which can show in several different ways. If it's been chewing on rocks to scrape of algae or other aufwuchs, for example, it would impact the teeth and jaw muscles, where fish in captivity would have differences because they get "easy" food in the tank.

But I doubt F1 and F2 would show any differences at all.

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Mats