synodontis petricola: dwarf or ?

barbara · Post by **barbara** » 05 Mar 2003, 23:35

Here is a link to several images of a couple of my 5 s. petricolas. Hopefully someone can help id them as dwarf or not.

http://8cats2manyfish.tripod.com/maitri/id9.html

Thanks Barbara

Post by **Rusty** » 05 Mar 2003, 23:47

IMO, definetly dwarves. Nice gravid female!

Rusty

barbara · Post by **barbara** » 06 Mar 2003, 00:09

thanks!

I have been asking if the female is gravid (on the AF catfish forum) as there has been mega-activity in the tank in the last 24 hrs....beyond belief the amount of play! Have you bred/kept these fish? I've read the COTM article here but am looking for any experience, input others might have....or do I need to keep to just ID here?

Post by **Dinyar** » 06 Mar 2003, 16:25

Yes, definitely S. petricola "dwarf". Hard to see "gravidity" in the pix, but it's possible.

Dinyar

barbara · Post by **barbara** » 06 Mar 2003, 16:37

Actually she is about half the size, belly-wise, in that photo as she was the previous night....and now she is back to near normal, but increased activity, although NOT frenzy, seem to be the order of the day today....interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly, due to the increase in activity, they all seem to be scoping out the substrate for, what I assume, is food.

Someone on the Loach Forum posted regarding their s. petricolas and the 18 babies they have grown out to 1 1/2" so I am hoping to hear more from them regarding details of their success.

Thanks for your input (as usual!). I was pretty sure they were dwarf but hadn't known there were others until you mentioned it...thus began my wondering.

Barbara

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 06 Mar 2003, 22:59

Lovely Snyo's Barbra! Nice to see you over here.

barbara · Post by **barbara** » 07 Mar 2003, 02:09

Thanks Graeme....we do get around don't we!! This is a wonderful resource as I am quickly finding out! Now to check the LF to see if N&R have responded about their synos!