Synodontis multipunctata, surprise in the sump!
Posted: 05 Jun 2013, 22:34
Working in the fish house a couple of weeks back and amongst a variety of jobs I syphoned some debris (and quite a few Malaysian trumpet snails) out of the first chamber of the sump.
Rather surprised on glancing in the bucket I'm syphoning into to see a couple of fish swimming round in there. Not the Mylochromis mola juveniles that seem to prefer life on the sump, so what and which tank have they come from?
I've two lots of Synodontis in my tanks just now. One is a group of juvenile S. lucipinnis that I picked up about 12 weeks back now, can't be them then as they're still too young. The other group is Synodontis multipunctata that have been with me for nearly a year now, must be them then?
But.... I haven't seen any of the mbuna in the multi tank brooding. Fair enough the Tropheops sp. Mauve are just reaching maturity now I think and while I have a nice group of Gephyrochromis lawsii I was wondering whether they where the right hosts as it was suggested they don't brood for the required length of time the cats need?
Anyway a week later 2 become 3 as I extract another youngster from the tank with the breeding group of adults!
And from tonight, these little 'uns don't half move fast round their tank when they get going!
Illustrates my style of fish keeping perfectly. Put fish in tank, feed them and look after the water and then scratch head trying to work out why not only had I missed them breeding but also why the first 2 fry found (and not tiddlers, these are a good 6mm SL!) both made their way to the sump!!
Andrew
Rather surprised on glancing in the bucket I'm syphoning into to see a couple of fish swimming round in there. Not the Mylochromis mola juveniles that seem to prefer life on the sump, so what and which tank have they come from?
I've two lots of Synodontis in my tanks just now. One is a group of juvenile S. lucipinnis that I picked up about 12 weeks back now, can't be them then as they're still too young. The other group is Synodontis multipunctata that have been with me for nearly a year now, must be them then?
But.... I haven't seen any of the mbuna in the multi tank brooding. Fair enough the Tropheops sp. Mauve are just reaching maturity now I think and while I have a nice group of Gephyrochromis lawsii I was wondering whether they where the right hosts as it was suggested they don't brood for the required length of time the cats need?
Anyway a week later 2 become 3 as I extract another youngster from the tank with the breeding group of adults!
And from tonight, these little 'uns don't half move fast round their tank when they get going!
Illustrates my style of fish keeping perfectly. Put fish in tank, feed them and look after the water and then scratch head trying to work out why not only had I missed them breeding but also why the first 2 fry found (and not tiddlers, these are a good 6mm SL!) both made their way to the sump!!
Andrew