Need info on Synodontis petricola

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dad_jsp;2338310; said:
three will be fine in a 55G

I have mine in a 90g


As for auctions, I got all three of mine for 17 bucks :headbang2
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Awesome!!!

zenyfish;2339105; said:
True petricolas are hard to find. Most petricolas for sale are lucipinnis (formerly dwarf petricolas). Both are hardy, active fish.

They instinctively dart away when cichlids show interest in them ... so good choice with rift lake cichlids. Just make sure they have refuge to hide in.
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Is there a way I could know for sure which I am getting? I spose I should call before going to make sure they have them since it is a 45 min drive to get there LOL! They said they can order what I want, but I want to make sure I am getting what I am suppose to, so I need to know what the differences are. I know the Pet's have the white outline on their fins, is there anything else I should look for...do the others have the same markings?

I have LOTS of rock work in the tank and some Vals, will be adding some anabuis (MS?) also.

I would add a pic of the set up, but the last time I added pics to my post it was moved to the "show your Africans" picture thread, and I really don't want this one to get lost in the others like that one did.

Earth Eater;2340199; said:
I got my petricola for $5 a peice. Remember they like to be in groups.
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Well, I planned 3...do you think I should get more then that? They are going in just a 55 though and there are going to be several ACs in there, so I don't want to overstock to much?
 
Where abouts in WI? Check out the GCCA.org site for many syno. in the Chicago area, some are in WI.
 
Lady G;2340967; said:
Is there a way I could know for sure which I am getting? I spose I should call before going to make sure they have them since it is a 45 min drive to get there LOL! They said they can order what I want, but I want to make sure I am getting what I am suppose to, so I need to know what the differences are. I know the Pet's have the white outline on their fins, is there anything else I should look for...do the others have the same markings?
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Here you go:
http://www.duboisi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4134
 
So the Lucipinnis are smaller? Would they be better for my 55? In your opinion which would be better for my set up?

I had wanted to get them this week, but now I have to go to work tomorrow instead...so I will have a little more time if I need to change my mind and I would like to check out the site Muske mentioned also anyway.

Thanks so much for all the help here!!!
 
i keep them.. i love them. but i learned the hard way that you NEVER add them to an established tank of african cichlids. i put 3 in my son's tank and they were mincemeat in less than 24 hours.

i have somewhere between 6 and 10 in a 55 gallon with my spawning red jewels, but the red jewels came after the synodontis petricola, so they just accepted them as part of the tank.

i see them sell here in southern CA for $8 and up.. most around $12 though. and you seriously want more than 3 or 4.. they do best in colonies of 6 or more.

if you are going to add them to an already established tank, shake up the tank, move the decorations and hiding places around so the cichlids will think they are in a new place and will have to establish new hiding places. a major water change at the same time also helps..

remember that the catfish are omnivores.. you must provide plant matter for them. a planted tank is ideal, but if you're like me and can't keep plants alive, i put a piece of zucchini in the tank about once a month, i leave it float in the tank for about a week and take out what they don't eat (which usually isn't very much).
 
The top one is a Synodontis eupterus featherfin syno as juvenile this is its pattern, and the second one is a hybrid of a synodontis petricola, as you can see the white stretchmark 3/4 of the length down its body, that is the pattern of juvenile petricola at about 3 - 4 months old.

Can you please post individual pictures of the two fish either side of the top picture of the eupterus? They look interesting as well.
 
The spawning of different species of Synodontis catfish used to be quite rare a few years ago. While in the last few years more and more people are having great deal of success breeding different Synodontis catfish. There is a wide variety of these catfish available throughout the hobby and some are rare and more expensive than the others and they also come in different sizes. Some can exceed several feet in length while others only reach a few inches, thus bringing us to the Synodontis petricola. This Syno comes from Lake Tanganyika in Africa and this species will only reach about three to four inches in length. Some people believe that this is a dwarf species of Synodontis but since we have not seen or heard of any larger Synodontis petricola, we do not call them a dwarf species.

Read full article: http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article30.htm
 
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