Question On Synodontis Catfish

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I agree, my" petricola"(?) were almost always out and about, and very active.
By the way, they were sold as "dwarf" petricola, whether that is sygnijcant or not, I don't know.
 
Dwarf petricola = S. lucipinnis.

And I agree with James, in a Rift Lake set up the cats he listed would be ideal.
Multi's get quite a bit larger than S. lucipinnis, so what species, and how many, really depends on your eventual bio load from the other fish in your 125.
 
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I have the actual petricola as they are all 5 to 6 inches I bought them (for a high price) from one of the owners of my local fish shop. He acquired them wild caught a few years ago.
 
Cool, if you don't mind me asking how much did you pay? Just curious as I have never seen them.
 
I am going to do about 30 mbuna and a couple bgger haps, and the tank is only 6ft so I think I will go with S.petricola and S.lucipinnis.
 
duanes said:
My male Ctenochromis horei topped off at about 7" females smaller, the males were very aggressive with females in a 6ft 125 gallon tank, even when only a few inches, and although they spawned a few times, the females all ended up dead soon after if I left them in the same tank.



They totally ignored the Synos which topped off around 5".
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I think I am going to add Ctenochromis horei to my stock list. Did you get them from an lfs, or did you get them from a breeder?
 
IMO in a 125 with 30 mbuna, you would better served to stick with just mbuna, and a decent sized group of S. lucipinnis. (5-8) I would personally not add anything else, including any haps. Also make sure that you have some smaller/tighter hides for the cats.
 
My Ctenochromis came from a breeder in the GCCA (Greater Chicago Cichlid Assn) as 2" fry.
The only time I've ever seen any in a LFS is when someone has dropped off a large individual who killed everything else in the tank.
 
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