How to breed the Synodontis lucipinnis and rear the fry easily

[@lemonlizard1]

man there is so little info on the dwarf petricola, zero reliable care and breeding guides online (especially youtube). So glad you made this video!

[@FishEZ]

Awesome, thank you!

[@jeffkane4391]

Looking great Michael thanks for sharing 😊

[@robertlucas4941]

Thanks very much for another excellent video. I am enjoying my group of lucipinnis immensely.

[@FishEZ]

Wonderful!

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

Excellent... Lol the muckity much.. Smart with double checking the eggs Very informative my friend

[@FishEZ]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scottwalmsley3393]

great video michael, very informative, one little tip i can pass on to your viewers is to use a magnifying glass with a light i use the 30x cheap model off amazon great for checking for very small eggs and fry and also great for checking your paramecium culture....many thanks scott

[@FishEZ]

Great tip! Thanks. I guess it depends on the eyes of the person trying to view the small items. I can see them fine including paramecia if I take my glasses OFF. (I'm nearsighted so my vision is very good without correction at close distances.)

[@benjaminpeters3885]

you have made me a fan of Synodontis ty

[@FishEZ]

I don't actually have many negative things to say about them. When they are small, they are soooooo cute.

[@oS3R0o777]

Nice video, I really like those cats! 😎👍

[@FishEZ]

I do too

[@SandyDoughty]

Great video!!

[@netandjer7024]

great video Michael!

[@FishEZ]

Glad you think so Jerry. Thanks.

[@basedpretiiboiiswag]

I have a question what do you have placed under the netting? And thank you nice video!!

[@FishEZ]

Sorry if I didn't mention it in the video, I should have. I use marbles only to hold up the screen to create a place for the eggs to fall through and then they will slide to the bottom since the eggs are non-adhesive.

[@olivercascarino748]

Great video! Would they eat cherry shrimp? I would really like them but not sure if they would eat my shrimp

[@FishEZ]

Yep, I'm pretty sure they would eat anything that would fit into their mouth. Shrimp would be seen as food.

[@Roncat2019Cotter]

Great video just wondering if your spawn on a regular basis or if they spawn around tye full moon like Greg sage was saying on his video about these cats ? I have 8 that I have been growing out since December 2022. And after watching your video , you make it look alot easier spawning them than Greg's video does.

[@FishEZ]

I can appreciate your question because I too became interested in this fish due to Greg and I have been to his place and we've discussed this fish many times. However, I have not actually had the same experiences as he has had. I always monitor the full moon but there doesn't seem to be the same correlation as is true with this fish. I attribute this to the fact that his fish room has some small windows in his basement that I feel actually lets enough light in so that the fish are in sync with the moonlight. In my fishroom, there are no windows and I am in a closet in a basement. So definitely, no light. That's all I can say about that, but I haven't found them difficult to raise at all. Actually, they are very easy to raise and I have had lots of success in small 1 liter jars. The main thing is to feed the microworms for the first 5 days and on day 3 introduce BBS and continue with the BBS for a while. However, there should be some mulm in the bottom of the jar or container used. The micro fauna in this environment is what I attribute to having good success.

[@Roncat2019Cotter]

​@FishEZ I checked last night and I had wiggles in the marbles🎉. How often do you check for eggs with your Synodontis lucipinnis?

[@johnlynch3654]

I have a 75 gallon mbuna cichlid tank with 3 Synodontis panda is that a good number? I’m just worried about overcrowding in conjunction with the cichlids I currently have 10 yellow labs and blue Acei thank you!

[@FishEZ]

With most synodontis, they really do best in groups of 6 or more and in a 75G tank, I wouldn't be too concerned over a few additional catfish since they ensure no uneaten food in the tank. If you were interested in their breeding, I would always attempt it with at least a dozen fish to start with. But sometimes we have to stick with what we have. In this case, the "panda" is a hybrid and I'm not familiar with their actual breeding requirements. Are they egg scatterer? or do they need a host as in the cuckoo catfish? I do not know.

[@johnlynch3654]

@@FishEZ breeding is not my concern mainly space I assume they are a hybrid because when you look them up not much comes up about them but they are similar to the petricola

[@FishEZ]

@@johnlynch3654 According to the informational page I read on the Synodontis panda, they state that they are hybrids. I don't see an issue in 75 gallon to have a 1/2 dozen or so of those cats. But if you're not trying to breed them, having just a couple to enjoy in the tank is not a problem either.

[@dixsigns1717]

Replay crew!