My Syno Project

[JK Monster Fish]

Hey you guys I am trying to breed my synodontis multipunctatus in my african cichlid tank. I have determined that I have two males and one female. Two of them have paired off and I believe that they are laying eggs all over my tank and they are falling in the gravel and then getting eaten by fish.

MY TANK (stock and equipment):
STOCK: 3 Syno cats, five peacocks 1 male 4 females(mystery blue peacocks and dragon blood), 1 frontosa(kigomo?), 1 livingstoni male, 1 red zebra, 4 bushy nose plecos (albino, long fin all with albino genes), 3 debwaii cats (sp?), 1 clown loach, and 1 tetracanthus cichlid.
THE SETUP: Standard 55 gallon tank (I know, too small in the long run), 2 aqua clear 50s and an elite heater with 2 air bubblers.

is it possible to breed the Syno cats without a host? Should I move the pair to a ten gallon so they can be undisturbed? Please give me any tips and tricks you may have. I will continue to update this thread whenever something new happens

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

 

[Skittle]

I would move them to another tank, bare bottom with some spawnin sites in it. Sponge filter and good water changes


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[JK Monster Fish]

I will also add that the cichlids are all young and the peacocks are too small to breed

 

[JK Monster Fish]

Thanks for the reply would a twenty long work?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Narwal72 from PCF writes this: "I have seen mine spawn against a vertical rock when no cichlids were spawning. Female releasing eggs and the males fertilizing and then eating them." See this thread: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=38710&p=264729&hilit=multipunctata#p264729 third post down. You may choose to email/PM him.

 

[JK Monster Fish]

Thank you for the link

 

[JK Monster Fish]

I'm thinking I should set up the 20 gallon long with a flower pot or two and some rocks. I would use water from the tank they are currently in. Also how often should I do water changes on this tank? Every day? Every other day? And how much should I change? Should I use water from the main tank?


sorry for all of the questions, I'm new to catfish breeding

 

[JK Monster Fish]

Bump I also forgot to mention that the catfish were doing there thing yesterday

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

With all due respect to MFK, I've met few here that know their synos. Synos are not monster fish

I strongly advise you to seek help on Planet Catfish (PCF). I personally know more than a dozen of syno buffs and breeders and the highest level syno experts who are regularly active on PCF. I wanna be wrong but predict little help here.

I've kept and am keeping plenty of synos but never bred them. All I know about them is from the PCF.