Different theory about syno milti hosts....

[bushynose_cory]

"Would it be possible for tilapia to hold synodontis multipunctatus eggs?"
This is a line I read some time ago, but I can't remember where.
As the word says, would it be possible for the bigger-mouthed, easier-to-breed tilapiines(Namely Orechorimis mossambicus and O. niloticus) or not? They are very easy breeders, but they may not do it, because they don't reconize the smaller catfish eggs. Or the catfish may not want to do it with unfamilier species.
What do you think?

[toddnbecka]

Should be worth a try, the hormones would most likley trigger the Syno's to spawn.

[Richard B]

I may be wrong - i often am but i would think so.

Multis are bred with malawi c*****ds which are not a familiar species for either participant (in the truest sense) so why not a riverine mouthbrooder?

[corybreed]

A friend that is doing research at the Univ. of Colorado told me they are having the best success using albino zebras as hosts. As with all albino fish their poor vision makes them better hosts than the Haps.

Mark

[Seedy]

A friend that is doing research at the Univ. of Colorado told me they are having the best success using albino zebras as hosts. As with all albino fish their poor vision makes them better hosts than the Haps.

Mark

Have you contacted your friend in regards to the possibility that S. grandiops and S. multipunctatus could hybridize?

[Seedy]

More thoughts on this subject. Before the revision in 2006 I believe Sidguppy and reported instances of S.multipunctatus scattering eggs and not breeding parasaticly. This would seem to contradict the scientific opinion of S. multipunctatus being an obligitory parasatic mouthbrooder.

Perhaps what Sidguppy witnessed was actually S. grandiops spawning?

Any thoughts?