Breeding perugiae's

[ClearSky57]

Hello:
anyone have any success breeding Honeycomb Cats (centromochlus perugiae)
I purchased a few from the catfish convention in Va this past October and wnat to know about breeding them...
thanks
david

[fishfarmer]

I used a 10 gallon tank, with lots of floating plants and PVC tubing of a couple of sizes around an inch in diameter and 4-6 inches in length. The adults tend to hide out in the PVC tubes, the females will hide out in the tubes with the eggs/wigglers/fry and the free swimming fry will typically hide in the floating plants. Adults love blood worms and the fry will eat flake food and baby brine shrimp.

I have a breeding report with pictures and more details on my web site.

http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/Tat ... iaeBR.html

Steve

[JamieH]

Thanks for the link, should the pipes be floating on the surface or on the subtrate ?

[Birger]

An article from Shanes World http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... s+perugiae

Birger

[JamieH]

Thank you Birger

[fishfarmer]

I had the pipes on the bottom. Part of what allows the fry to survive in the parents tank is that the adults tend to stay at the bottom of the tank, except when feeding, and the fry live at the surface of the water. When feeding the parents are in a frenzy anywhere they see food.

Steve

[ClearSky57]

Thanks so much for the input....
I have mine in a 10 gal... but because of space limitations, I had put some smaller bristlenose plecos in it also... figured with the clay tubes and such there was enough hiding spaces for all... the darn plecos laid eggs, so I have moved their wigglers up to a fryholder in the tank until I can figure where to put them.... Go figure...first I didn't think they were big enough, and even with dad guarding the tube, when the perugiae's get to feeding they are crazed and go everywhere, so figured I had better move the babies...
now I need to set up another tank...
and so it goes...............
david