Tanganyikafreak wrote:What a nice video, thanks for sharing

They seem quite visible.
Are they this visible all day, or just during feedding time?

They will be this visible just for feeding time and only if you don't move in front of the tank, so I will be sitting there extremly still.

I really cannot get a good look because they always swim so close to the ground, I would probably have to catch them for that.
2 are a little bigger and seem rounder and then there are two slightly smaller ones, but of course that is nothing definite regarding the sex.

I'll try to get a good look at that when feeding them tomorrow.

So ok, as promised I made this little video and put it on youtube

In the modified 2 tank setup would you then give the males into the females tank or the other way around? How long would you separate the sexes? For conditioning how often would you feed them and how much over which period of time? If I did a 3 tank setup how large should the breeding tank be (right ...

Yes if you could tell me about the 2/3 Tank method that would be great. I guess you would try to separate sexes (which I cannot because I don't know what they are) and then put them together into a newly setup tank with the desired parameters. I probably could arrange that with two different tanks ...

Again an update: The guys have been living in their new tank for about 2 months now. I didnt get any Barbus fasciolatus for the tank though but I moved some Guppies in there and 4 Laetacara dorsigera. The S.robertis seem to like it and are quite active during the daytime especially when being fed ...

Just wanted to post a little update. All 4 of them are doing great and seem to have added some weight. They will fight to some extend for food or hiding places, but those fights are harmless, no one getting hurt, everyone getting a fair share of food. They don't seem to like acidic water, in the ...

Ok I got the picture

I don't think the tank is all that special at 60 litres, but maybe I'll find some time to take a few more pictures to post.

So here some pictures, single pictures of my skinniest one and of one of the bigger ones and one picture of two of them hiding together.
The actual size right now is 60mm in all of them, so that makes like 2.5 inches.

They arrived today. Really beautiful fishes. So far a lot more active then my Synodontis flavitaeniatus. No aggression at all, I even believe they like to be in company since they loosly stick together. I'll post some pictures later on.

Yes I'm thinking about getting an additional 100x40x40cm tank and keeping them along with Barbus fasciolatus. They'll be here April 23rd, then they'll stay in the 60cm tank for the first few weeks. Already excited. This is the dealer I will get them from, great stock: http://www.amazon-exotic-import ...

That's about how much I had figured, thanks.
On this link http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/bre ... ertsi.html the maximum size is said to be at 6.3inches which would probably require a 4ft tank.
Is this size realistic though?

Hi again!

I still hope to get a little more input. Especially on actual size and required tank size, is there anyone with experience in that regard?

Frido

Hi Richard,

that sounds good. What tank size would you recommend for 4 of them? What size do yours have?

Frido

Hi community! Let me first introduce myself. I'm from Germany, 30 years old and in the hobby since 3 years. My first love are cichlids, expecially from western Africa. Now I found Synodontis robertsi on an internetshop (quality of the shop has been verified to me by several users on another forum ...