Synodontis "multipunctatus" breeding w/o host
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 18:36
Hi all,
I work at an LFS and a customer just came in with an odd story: his Synodontis "multipunctatus" bred in his tank without host fish. I put the species name in quotes because who knows what he really has?
Anyway, he said they scattered ~300 or so eggs and he siphoned them out with a turkey baster. He said 25-30 hatched. The fry are 8 days old now and eating baby brine.
As I understand it, this fish is supposed to be a parasitic spawner that requires a host fish to incubate the eggs. So, I guess my question is...is it unheard of for this fish to spawn without a host? Or just rare? Or is it normal?
Thanks in advance.
I work at an LFS and a customer just came in with an odd story: his Synodontis "multipunctatus" bred in his tank without host fish. I put the species name in quotes because who knows what he really has?
Anyway, he said they scattered ~300 or so eggs and he siphoned them out with a turkey baster. He said 25-30 hatched. The fry are 8 days old now and eating baby brine.
As I understand it, this fish is supposed to be a parasitic spawner that requires a host fish to incubate the eggs. So, I guess my question is...is it unheard of for this fish to spawn without a host? Or just rare? Or is it normal?
Thanks in advance.