Wild Tanganyika Synodontis .. Any interest? (Wigan, UK)

[sojapat]

I have been offered a few types of Syno Direct from wild .
Is there any interest out there for these fishes .
Synodontis Dhonti,Multipunc,petricola,granulosus .
Is there anyone looking for these fish ?

[Tom]

I give up, where's Tain?

[MatsP]

I'm not quite sure where Tain is - maps.google.co.uk shows a place North of Inverness, but I don't think Neil lives there.

He's the owner of Pier Aquatics in Wigan, near Manchester, England, so that's presumably where the fish would be.

I'm editing the subject to show (Wigan, UK)...

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Mats

[Richard B]

Hi Neil

Anything unusual - so dhonti would interest me

[Richard B]

Any approx prices BTW? (PM if you wanna)

[sojapat]

Tain is the home of my favorite tipple !

[synodontisfellow]

how much would the petricola's be? I got a good offer of 8.00 a piece can you do better? My e-mail is amazinggraceconservation@yahoo.com

[Richard B]

Sojapat is in northern England & you are in the States so shipping will be expensive.

If you can get 'em at $8 a piece they'll be lucipinnis

[synodontisfellow]

Well this guy bred them and he has like 500 2 inch fish so he is just trying to get rid of them.

[Richard B]

Well this guy bred them and he has like 500 2 inch fish so he is just trying to get rid of them.

Nice one - that's good money for lucipinnis & he's got 500, wow!

[synodontisfellow]

They are actually petricola. Not lucipinnis, so its even a better deal.

[Richard B]

They are actually petricola. Not lucipinnis, so its even a better deal.

Really - that is quite incredible value for money - has he any pics? 500 would be an amazing sight!

[Jools]

I have been offered a few types of Syno Direct from wild .
Is there any interest out there for these fishes .
Synodontis Dhonti,Multipunc,petricola,granulosus .
Is there anyone looking for these fish ?

I am looking for S.dhonti - but more to just see it.

Jools

[sojapat]

Well It seem the guy that was sorting the fishes out has gone it alone ,
He is advertising on aquarists classified
He originaly said he was only selling to shops , look there guys,
Sorry

[synodontisfellow]

if you wanna see his fish goto youtube and type in 5 month petricola's feeding. You will find a swarm of fish.

[Dave Rinaldo]

if you wanna see his fish goto youtube and type in 5 month petricola's feeding. You will find a swarm of fish.

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[andywoolloo]

180 gal tank? sweet!!! Wow!! they move too fast to tell but there is alot of white swirling around in there that i am thinking is lucipinnis fin edges, plus 8 is cheap for petricola. But who knows, those fish are jamming all over!!

[synodontisfellow]

Well he told me that one of the reasons he thinks they are petricola is because he has some petricola's that are over 4 inches long in his breeding group.

[Richard B]

A pic of his adults would clarify the issue. Is the size TL or SL?

I have seen many Petricola at the 5-6" mark TL & a couple bigger , a big Lucipinns could get to 4" SL.

[pikeman]

"They are actually petricola. Not lucipinnis, so its even a better deal."

sorry this is a oldish post. what is the difference between them. i brought 4 wild petricola. these turned out to be 3 female and 1 male. they breed most weeks. the eggs hatch but the fry die before they start eating. i have managed to raise 200ish but they are slow growing. at 3 months old they are still well under an inch. i was going to sell them at £7 each or 10 for £50 i have posted some pictures sorry they arent the best pictures

[Richard B]

Pikeman - these look like Lucipinnis - based on the large, somewhat abstract random body spots/blotches. Petricola are a bigger fish with regular small mostly round body spots. This is based on adult fish of at least 2" SL.

Lucipinnis have been known for years as "petricola dwarf" & are still sold as petricola in the trade.

Petricola cost approx 30-70 pounds each for genuine adults. Lucipinnis are considerably cheaper.

This of course is reliant on correct ID at the lfs & the fact that there are probably a few unidentified species finding their way into the trade.

[pikeman]

these look very similar to each other. are the ture pectricolas harder to spawn?

i have loads of these. they are well cute has kittens. i put a tabimin tab in.it is very comical to see a huge mass of babies fighting for a spot on the tabs.

does anyone have any idea about them dying before they feed?

[Richard B]

Lucipinnis are quite easy to spawn whereas Petricola are more tricky