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Spawning Synodontis njassae
Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 02:12
by Aamodt
Does anyone have any experience in spawning synodontis njassae?
Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 04:10
by corybreed
I have had a group of 5 njassae for the past year. I keep them with a few African Cichlids. So far nothing to report.
Mark
Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 06:27
by sidguppy
imitate the rainy seazon!
S njassae is a "regular" syno, not a chuckoo.
It spawns once a year, and does so at the beginning of the rainy season; it migrates to the riverdelta's, swamps and brooks surrounding the lake.
it really needs to swim and a fair bit of current as well.
friend of mine managed to get eggs just once; and they only spawned in tanks 5 feet or longer. with exactly the same tricks in a metertank, it didn't budge.
adding certain food like black mosquitolarvae, gammarus, mysis, fisheggs etc might stimulate too.
Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 15:37
by pturley
Sidguppy wrote:
it really needs to swim and a fair bit of current as well.
friend of mine managed to get eggs just once; and they only spawned in tanks 5 feet or longer. with exactly the same tricks in a metertank, it didn't budge
Sounds alot like spawning Silver Dollars (
Mytennis spp.). Give them room to run for the courtship chases and they'll spawn but you don't have a chance in a smaller tank.
Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 19:09
by Aamodt
Thanks for your help. For now I can´t have a 1.5m tank for spawning synos... maybe someday.