some senegal breeding questions

[yo_fish_boi]

uhm,...since bichirs are nocturnal,do they also breed at night?..how would you know that a female bichir is gravid and ready to breed?

also,can anyone post a photo of how bichir(senegalus to be specific) eggs look like?and a video of bichir would be really great.

 

[red devil123]

i have no idea i just bought a Senegal few days a go there awesome

 

[yo_fish_boi]

i have no idea i just bought a Senegal few days a go there awesome

i know..when i bought mine,they were like 3 or 4 inches,now they are 9inches long.

 

[TerryR]

My Senegals spawn during daylight hours, I have tried to post pics of fry here but for some reason I can't do it

 

[yo_fish_boi]

My Senegals spawn during daylight hours, I have tried to post pics of fry here but for some reason I can't do it

can you help me breed mine?what was your set-up?how did you "enticed" them to spawn?..i know there are already some info here in the site regarding breeding polypterus,but nothing beats infos from those with experience.thank you.

 

[TerryR]

My breeding tank is 36" x !8" X 18" they are fed on beef heart earthworms guppies and pellets, the water is soft it doesn't register on test kits, the ph is 7.2 I use a plastic grass mat 12" x 12" for them to spawn in. Spawning lasts about 2 days,the pair spawn every 2 weeks. I remove the mats and put them into a small tank to hatch the eggs, when the fry are free swimming I feed them on baby brine shrimp.
Yesterday I found 2 1" babys in the tank with the parents, they would have been left with the parents when I last collected eggs in may. I don't collect all the spawns because of the tank space required to raise them. A few months ago I put the parents in a 24" x 10" x 12" to stop them from spawning so that the female could have a rest, they spawned 2 days later.
I would love to show some pics but I still can't post on this forum

 

[TerryR]

I managed to get a pic of an egg today but I still can't post here. Received a notification that I can't post pics until I have done 25 posts.
Send me a pm with your email and I'll send it to you

 

[TerryR]

I posted it here
http://www.perthcichlid.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=26381
I hope this is allowed

 

[sti888]

I posted it here
http://www.perthcichlid.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=26381
I hope this is allowed

You need to register there to view pics...Send me the pics and i will post them for ya.

00GT@COX.NET

 

[yo_fish_boi]

woooooooooohooooooooooo!!my bichirs are spawning!!!alright!!!.....i saw the photos posted by terry and it exactly looks very the same!!!!