2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Looks like a hybrid to me.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Hmm - photos aren't the best...
There are so many hybrids around in the UK at the moment so this could well be one but it doesn't look like any i've come across so far, (& i've seen LOADS )
A better pic of the whole fish would certainly help us but i can't say one way or the other for definate at the moment
There are so many hybrids around in the UK at the moment so this could well be one but it doesn't look like any i've come across so far, (& i've seen LOADS )
A better pic of the whole fish would certainly help us but i can't say one way or the other for definate at the moment
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Most synos in the Cat-eLog hav sexing information, which involves holding the fish upside down and having a look at the "bits".
As to what yours is, I'll leave it for someone more experienced than me.
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As to what yours is, I'll leave it for someone more experienced than me.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Yep it's petricolaXnigrita hybrid, sorry.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
I guess I wont bother breeding em then.
Thanks for the replies.
On care (I have em now, so I best give em decent conditions I guess)
Would keeping em in a show tank with Tang featherfins etc be OK at pH about 8.6?
Will they need anything other than a place to hide?
What else would you guys need to see to be more sure?
Thanks for the replies.
On care (I have em now, so I best give em decent conditions I guess)
Would keeping em in a show tank with Tang featherfins etc be OK at pH about 8.6?
Will they need anything other than a place to hide?
What else would you guys need to see to be more sure?
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
yup, definitely hybrids
I wouldn't say petricola, more like multipunctatus in their ancestry, but not a real species
real easy to take care for and not bad looking at all.
luckily these can only be "bred' by sticking needles in them, so don't worry about your tank being overrun by mutts.
if you want to breed a tanganyikan Syno, try looking at the fins when you buy them.
with few exeptions ALL tanganyikan Syno's have the characteristic black-and-white fins.
with some species this coloration is reverse (petricola and lucipinnis!), but it's there and it should be there even at 0.5" length or so
if the salesperson is talkin like ït'll color up later' and otrher nonsense like that, he's trying to scam you. don't fall for it.
even species wicvh turn drabby brown when mature (the real polli for example) are stunning when young with very obvious black and white finnage.
I wouldn't say petricola, more like multipunctatus in their ancestry, but not a real species
real easy to take care for and not bad looking at all.
luckily these can only be "bred' by sticking needles in them, so don't worry about your tank being overrun by mutts.
if you want to breed a tanganyikan Syno, try looking at the fins when you buy them.
with few exeptions ALL tanganyikan Syno's have the characteristic black-and-white fins.
with some species this coloration is reverse (petricola and lucipinnis!), but it's there and it should be there even at 0.5" length or so
if the salesperson is talkin like ït'll color up later' and otrher nonsense like that, he's trying to scam you. don't fall for it.
even species wicvh turn drabby brown when mature (the real polli for example) are stunning when young with very obvious black and white finnage.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Thanks.
I have been breeding the guy below.
I wondered if you could tell me if it was lucippinis or petricola or a mix.
About 4"
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/2 ... A60001.flv
I have been breeding the guy below.
I wondered if you could tell me if it was lucippinis or petricola or a mix.
About 4"
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k35/2 ... A60001.flv
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Video fish are lucipinnis.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Thanks again.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
The petricola x nigrita is - note the tang caudal - not like this fish, spots are smaller too. As Sid suggests, more likely multi (or grandiops) parentage somewhere.jippo wrote:Yep it's petricolaXnigrita hybrid, sorry.
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
While I have your attention can I have more bites at the cherry/more questions?
Is there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Tanganyika Synodontis?
Is there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Malawi Synodontis?
Why do breeders make Synodontis hybrids?
I kind of understand it in cichlids. You can do it by accident, you can do it to make new colour mixes that sell well (and are often sold as new wild types) but Synos? All the hybrids look so similar to the real species (but not quite as good?) and it is just as hard work as breeding pure, yes? so why do breeders do it?
Is there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Tanganyika Synodontis?
Is there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Malawi Synodontis?
Why do breeders make Synodontis hybrids?
I kind of understand it in cichlids. You can do it by accident, you can do it to make new colour mixes that sell well (and are often sold as new wild types) but Synos? All the hybrids look so similar to the real species (but not quite as good?) and it is just as hard work as breeding pure, yes? so why do breeders do it?
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
The two links below will give you a little more insight into who and why on hybrids and hormonesWhy do breeders make Synodontis hybrids?
I kind of understand it in c*****ds. You can do it by accident, you can do it to make new colour mixes that sell well (and are often sold as new wild types) but Synos? All the hybrids look so similar to the real species (but not quite as good?) and it is just as hard work as breeding pure, yes? so why do breeders do it?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =8&t=23815
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =6&t=25161
You can do a more advanced search here http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/search.phpIs there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Tanganyika Synodontis?
Is there a way of calling up photos of just all the Lake Malawi Synodontis?
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Re: 2 seven to nine inch auction Synodontis
Thank you!
Wow I did not know there were so many from Lake Tang and so few from Malawi.
I now can see what you guys were talking about re dorsal and caudal fin all wrong on my guys for a pure rift Syno
Wow I did not know there were so many from Lake Tang and so few from Malawi.
I now can see what you guys were talking about re dorsal and caudal fin all wrong on my guys for a pure rift Syno