With a lot of stones and caves the tank size is fine.

I don't agree with S. nigrita. The jaw barbels of S. nigrita are much smaller. Also the black spots of young S. nigrita are smaller. Please post another photo in a few month when the fish is bigger.

Haha - my last activity here was in 2012...
It's time to break the silence:
It was a pleasure to meet you all! I have had a lot of fun and enjoyed every single talk. It was wonderful to see so much different people which all have the same crazy interest.
Especially the lightning talks was an ...

They have the juvenile coloration, so nobody can say if they are real S. occelifer.
For me they looks like youngsters of these Synodontis: http://www.synodontis.net/CONTENT.PHP?AW=209&SD=1
But the juvenile coloration is similar in some riverine species...

I have Melanoides tuberculata and Melanoides granifera in all of my tanks. I´ve never seen them eating good eggs. Hypancistrus, Peckoltia, Corydoras, Synodontis, Lophiobagrus... no problems - the eggs hatch between the snails!
I give this snails also to the breeding tanks after the fishes have spawn ...

The plastic is self made by my dad. He used it in the 1980s for breeding other catfishes. I have it stolen. :-

In this case it´s really easy. Feed them good with bloodworms and make some large water changes. Then they will do it.
The fry are also easy to keep alive. If they are all hatched i put a ...

You only need a small breeding tank. Here a 40x25x25 cm 25 litre tank (for larger species as 12 cm use a bigger tank):

http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_7589.JPG

A female Synodontis:
http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_7632.JPG
(better use a gravid one - this fish has spawned one day before ...

Hi,

Anentome helena definitely eats eggs. Here you can find some nice photos from these snails:
http://www.spec.at/2012/02/23/anentome-helena-raubschnecke/
In the photos the snails eats eggs from Corydoras. Peter has also made a video, but i can´t find it at the moment.

Some other snails also ...

Yes they eat now! First i have tried frozen Cyclops, Brine Shrimp and Mosquito larvae without any visible success. Then i have tried different flakes, granulate, freeze dried and decapsulated brine shrimp. Now they get a mix from all these and they eat.

BUT THE BEST, what they really like are ...

Beautiful vacuum cleaner!

Hi,

I have bred S. petricola and S. lucipinnis. At the moment I have youngsters from both species. They spawn very similar. Thats my way in the community tank:
http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/laichschalen_c.jpg

It works fine with both species, but my S. lucipinnis also use the plants and the ...

Hi,

please excuse my late response to your postings!
Yes, they came from Ruinemanns.
I have had no luck with these little guys. I have lost 6 of 10 in the first week. They have had a very quick breathing and bloody gills. Probably a acid burn?! First time they doesn´t eat anything. I´ve tried a ...

Hi,

after a long time of search, today i got my first Chiloglanis sp. Ordered as Chiloglanis batesii, delivered as "Chiloglanis mixed".
I think C. batesii is not correct. Probably C. asymetricaudalis, C. occidentalis or an other one?

They have a size of around 4-4,5 cm and if i see correctly a ...

Hi,

the best way to breed my Lophiobagrus cyclurus are half coconuts with only one hole, large enough for the male. I have tried some other caves, but everytime they prefer the coconuts.
The coconuts have the same effect like wood, as posted by sidguppy. So I use only old coconuts, which was for 1 ...

Hi Birger,

my S. schoutedeni lose the colouration slowly over years. It start at the belly and after some years he have lost the colour completely. One or two years later he died with an Ichthyophthirius infect. At that time i have lost a lot of my S. schoutedeni group and some other fishes ...

Hi Birger,

here(Germany/Austria) these fishes will mostly sold as Synodontis nigrita "gold". Often they comes from eastern europe. Juveniles have the "natural" colour, but if they grow up they lost these colour. Adult fishes are sometimes completely yellow. If you google "Synodontis nigrita gold ...

Hi Larry,

1. Was there any specific trigger used to get them to spawn?

No special triggers. Mosquito larvae and water changes are a good way to bred a lot of fishes.

2. How large, and old, are the adults.

The "adults" have only 8 cm. I´ve bought them one year ago with arround 4 cm.

3. Are ...

Hi,

Yesterday i have count the youngsters, more than 150 :-O :
http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_1782.jpg

http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_1751.JPG

I think they are a little bit small for more then 4 weeks. Some days without feeding, some days without water changing... i should resign my ...

S. petricola/lucipinnis are easy to bred and you can make first experience with spawning Synodontis, but i think it doesn't really help to spawn S. euptera or an other riverine species like S. nigriventra/S. contracta.

Microsynodontis could also be interesting for you, but i know no breeding report ...

Some year ago i have bought these as Synodontis petricola "Burundi":

Hi Birger,

thanks for your reply! I will report here if i know more from my larvae.

No one else?

Hi,

i´am planning a report for a german aquarium magazine.
Who have confirmed S. grandiops(seven pectoral-fin rays) or S. multipunctata(eight pectoral-fin rays) and have breed them with, or without host? I hope we can get together an overview wich species breed with host and wich breed without host ...

Hi,

I have had 6 L. cyclurus together with a group S. petricola/lucipinnis in 160 liters for some years. No problems with this combination. A male of L. cyclurus can be very aggressive to an other male.
See my youtube video from the worst fight, I´ve ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Hi Sid!

Thank you for your comments and please excuse my late answer. Last months i haven´t had time to make better pictures.

Last friday the male "M2" spawn together with the female "F1".
So i am sure these to fishes are the same species. If i see correctly, the two other males don´t spawn with ...

Hi,

yesterday I come home with 5 new Synodontis.
The seller(private person)have buyed these fishes some years before in Germany as wild caught. No more details...

First photos from above:
http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/0304.jpg

http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/0310.jpg

http://simsoli.com ...

Hi,

you have some pic to help to see the difference???

I have only Synodontis grandiops, with a size of 4-5 cm:
http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_9160_Synodontis_grandiops.JPG

http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_9188_Synodontis_grandiops.jpg

http://simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_9163 ...

Hi,

and an other picture...

Hi,

female!

by Silurus on Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:56 pm
I think you're right.

Thanks!

by grokefish on Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:15 pm
Did the panaque mistake it for a piece of wood?

I would say no. The Panaque rasp more than that one.
I have separated them.

Hi,

some years ago I have bought some Bunocephalus. Most of them was B. coracoideus, but one was different:

http://www.simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_7882_Bunocephalus.jpg

http://www.simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_9958_Bunocephalus.jpg

http://www.simsoli.com/data/media/4/IMG_9961_Bunocephalus ...