30 Gallon Tank: Upside-down catfish?

DarkFin · January 5th, 2009

have you ever seen one?, it always hides and i never see it eat, i would also like to breed them, any hints?

mathas · January 5th, 2009

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Originally Posted by DarkFin

i would also like to breed them, any hints?

From PlanetCatfish:

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In the North American Catfish Society Vol. 1 No. 1 Jan. 1996 there appeared an article entitled ''Luck In A Bucket'' by Jay and Mary Ann Angros. The authors keep some of their fishes outdoors in the summer. The catfish were placed in a five gallon bucket full of clay pots and PVC pipe from their regular tank. One author, Jay, took the bucket outside and promptly forgot about it for two days! When the bucket of fish was remembered and checked, the authors found fifty eggs in one piece of PVC. The fish were then brought back inside and placed in a tank that was completely full of crockery and PVC pipes. Sometime later this tank was broken down for cleaning and seven S. nigriventris fry were found. The spawning tank had pH 6.8 and the temperature fluctuated between 78F and 82F. The tank had about an inch of gravel over an under gravel filter. Tankmates included skunk Botia and other Synodontis spp. The fish were fed mainly frozen brine shrimp, bloodworm, and ProGreen (a mixture of green, clams, and shrimp). Based on the account above, it would seem that any attempt at spawning the USD Catfish requires, at a minimum, the following:

A well-rounded high quality diet
Drastic temperature drops to initiate spawning
Soft acidic water
Suitable spawning sites

http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/co...?article_id=73

object_ofdesire · January 30th, 2009

You have to have a minimum group of 4 Upside-down catfish in order for them to feel secure. They are by nature secretive, but can be tempted out more by feeding LIVE blackworms or bloodworms, along with dimming the lights using floating plants. They also love to dig and play in a soft sand substrate ALOT !

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