Gibbiceps gender?

M! · Post by M! » 18 Sep 2006, 21:02

Hey.

I just got 2 Gibbiceps catfish, i dont know their full name og gender.

Does anybody know:

- Full name
- Male / Femal difference (Gender)
- Total adult lengt
- The visual difference is that one of them has a long tread on top of the backfinn (like a spike, just the same skin as the finn)

See this one, i think it is the same as mine.
http://www.h-nds.de/fische/glyptoperich ... ceps03.jpg

How do I upload pitures, I can take some of them if anybode can help me (Is Tanganyika fan, so i dont know much about catfish)

Regards
Mark

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 19 Sep 2006, 13:06

There is a "sticky" about posting pictures at the top of this section of the forum, and some other info in the FAQ section (under "Help!" in the menu at the top of the screen).

If your fish is actual "Gibbiceps" (which is highly likely as they are a very common fish to find for sale), then you can find all the info including sexing on . Unfortunately, even if you do sex the fish, it's unlikely that you'll breed them in an aquarium, as they require quite deep burrows (up to a meter deep) in the "sidewall of a river". This is difficult to simulate in anything but big ponds. In Southeast asia and Florida they are being bred in ponds on a commercial scale...

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Mats

M! · Post by M! » 19 Sep 2006, 19:07

Hey Mats.

Thanks a lot. I will try to upload 2 picÂ´s.

Hehe, me who thougt tha catfish was easy breading

Oki, since i am new at this forum, i will cruise a little around to chek out the site.

ThankÂ´s again

M! · Post by M! » 19 Sep 2006, 19:39

Hi again.

No pictures. This is way to advanced. Sorry

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 20 Sep 2006, 09:43

M! wrote:Hey Mats.
Hehe, me who thougt tha catfish was easy breading

Well, there are some catfish that are easy to breed, others are not. I don't think these are particularly hard to breed as such, it's just that in anything that you'd keep indoors isn't enough room to breed them... And then you need space for 600-1000 "babies" until they are large enough to sell... Since they sell here for about 3 pounds at 2", you can't expect to get much money for them either... [But small amount times 500 or more is of course still a nice sum - but you're selling to a wholesaler, so don't expect to get much per fish - no shop will take hundreds of these fish at once.]

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Mats

M! · Post by M! » 20 Sep 2006, 10:00

Hi.

I am most concerned about if I have A Pair. Then I have some options, but if I have 2 Males, they are still nice, but it isenÂ´t the same

I can sell these jouvinile if they mate, but i still dont know if itÂ´s a pair,,,