Synodontis petricola

[nicole4983]

Does anyone have any of these or know anything about these pygmy catfish? I'm doing my research planning out my future 75g African tank, and I ran across these guys..seem really cool!

http://www.scotcat.com/images/s_petricola10.jpg


I want one! ;)

[kewlkatdady]

I have three in my 58...
They are for sale. Let me know if you want these egg stealing bastards....:hehe:

[biggin]

I have 7 of them in my Tang tank.

They are fun to watch run around in a group.

[ahamm]

How much are you asking for the petricolus?

Angie Hamm
in Burleson

[nicole4983]

I have three in my 58...
They are for sale. Let me know if you want these egg stealing bastards....:hehe:

oooh how much do you want for them? They're good with their other tank mates though, right? No worries about egg stealing over here ;)

[biggin]

I have never had a problem with mine....

Actually I have eggs in my tank all the time and I have 7 of them.

[kewlkatdady]

well I just came over a little problem...
Trying to figure out what these fish are worth... I found out the there is another "dwarf" syn cat out there...

the syn. lucipinnis... which are VERY similar to the petricola except the spots aren't in a row on a lucipinnis as it is on the petricola. I have also found sound people that are challenging this.

I'm still trying to find out the facts...

BRB

[kewlkatdady]

ok, so I think there is a difference between the lucipinnis and petricola...

the lucipinnis is going to be a little smaller than the petricola.
the lucipinnis is(or was) considered a dwarf petricola.

[nicole4983]

The lucipinnis are supposed to spawn more too, I see. Cool cool ;)

[kewlkatdady]

i've had mine for around a year and have never noticed breeding activity.
But I got them when they were very small. There all around 2.5" or so now.

[kewlkatdady]

heres a quick pic

[bra8ndy8]

Awww he's a cutie!!

[Rock-Sales]

Marvin England of Texarcana is a guy I know from the Texas Cichlid Association. He is breeding these. Give him a call if you are interested. Tell him I sent you and don't believe a word he says about me. :D
Marvin England
(903) 794-FISH

[nicole4983]

Awesome..thanks, Glen! And Jerod he is a cutie! What else do you have in there with him?

[kewlkatdady]

just some dither fish...I had a little lighting problem in this tank and lost my shellies... the got cooked.

I through some tetras in there and I am trying to figure out the next game plan with this tank...

[unblinded]

If you want some petricolas, go to texascichlid.org. On the cichlid trader part of the site a friend of mine sells them. He has over 500 of the little boogers right now he's selling for around 7$ at 2 inches. He keeps his tanks in good shape, changes water every other week & all.