Synodontis Petricola....

[Mugwump]

..it seems that we've scored about 17 of these beauties.....

[greydragon]

cool looking fish you got there

[wsantia1]

I am a big fan of them. I got a few at the Chicago swap a couple of years ago. Gave them up when I moved. Hopefully i can find some locally.

[Rjb3]

They are one of my love at first sight fish. I've kept them from the get go.

Gale picked up some little ones in Chicago at the last swap.

[Mugwump]

I am a big fan of them. I got a few at the Chicago swap a couple of years ago. Gave them up when I moved. Hopefully i can find some locally.

Some of these are in the 5-6 yr range, others are offspring......really gorgeous in person too...

[b125killer]

I really like my petricola. They are some pretty fish. Even if they are a rift lake species.

[ilroost]

Nice!! I got a pair in one tank and 5 juvies in another

[Mugwump]

I really like my petricola. They are some pretty fish. Even if they are a rift lake species.

Did you know that they will purposely time their own spawning with that of mouth brooders ??

[Mugwump]

...these guys go nuts over blood worms....WOW....threw a nice chunk in and it was attacked and gone....poof...

[ilroost]

Mine go crazy over brineshrimp

[Mugwump]

I may part with a few of these??......pm me if interested....

[PaulineMi]

I really like my petricola. They are some pretty fish. Even if they are a rift lake species.

Did you know that they will purposely time their own spawning with that of mouth brooders ??

Yes...their spawn is hatched and raised by the mouth brooding cichlids. The cuckoo bird of the fish world.

[LizStreithorst]

Yeah, I read that too, Pauline.  They're beautiful fish but I don't have the right environment for them.

[Mugwump]

I really like my petricola. They are some pretty fish. Even if they are a rift lake species.

Did you know that they will purposely time their own spawning with that of mouth brooders ??

Yes...their spawn is hatched and raised by the mouth brooding cichlids. The cuckoo bird of the fish world.

Yep.....neat little creatures tho....

[PaulineMi]

I had a nine of them in my African cichlid tank. The tank was stacked with Texas holey rock. When the fish got fed the Synodontis Petricola would zoom in and out of rock openings competing with the cichlids for pellets. I really liked them but thought they were weird looking.