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hi all , my name is tom and i live in merseyside . im new to the forum and i would like to say hello to you all and im looking forward to speaking to you all . im a fond lover of tanganyikan cichlids and at the moment i keep wc cyphotilapia ( gibberosa ) moba and wc tropheus moorii ilangi . a couple of months ago i picked up a wc male and female synodontis granulosus and im bessoted with them so much that i was thinking of setting a large tank for a colony of them as i have them available to me , i was wondering if anyone would now the best ratios to keep them in ? and as many have wrote on the web about aggression , i would definattley agree they are one of the most aggressive fish ive kept , any help appreciated thanx

has nobody had any experiance with this fish any advice much appreciated thank you

Hi Tommy & welcome to PC.

When you are in the African catfishes forum (the one your post is in), you see 3 boxes above the forum itself. One of them is called "search this forum". Type Synodontis granulosa in the box and you'll definitely get some results. You may do the same for the old name Synodontis granulosus, which may result in even more matches.
Hope this helps to some extent.
There are people who keep this species; hopefully they'll chime in later on.

AFAIK, they are expensive, like ~$300 in the US, and rare but the knowledge is here, Tommy. Wish it could come from me but I am not nearly as lucky as you are. I have not come across one yet. It may be a good idea to make sure the ID is correct. Syno trade is plagued by mis-ID-ying and hybrids.

thank you marc / viktor i bought them from mike whittaker ( riftvalleycichlids.com worth a look )hes the man for wild tangs in the uk . they cost me pretty much the same as you qouted in pound stirling , im in love with these fish and im guna set up a 7x2x2 for them pretty much to themselves ( hopefully some babies )

I know Mike & his fish well enough for them to be genuine.

Keeping multiple granulosa can be tricky and there is no real right way to do it as it can be done successfully in several ways. The trick is to provide enough large hiding places that thwy cannot see each other. When one decides to 'have a go' it can lead to others being actually torn to pieces (fins and tail and body scratches). It seems from the relatively limited data we have that females get larger and are the more aggressive of the sexes.

As far as breeding goes it is unlikely. Breeding behaviour and eggs have been seen in a single tank set-up but no young have been produced. NHA have successfully bred these fish but they keep the adults separate, then condition them and only bring them together for the spawning. Only a few large eggs are produced & at the last time of talking with them , only one of their females had produced eggs, albeit with different male on different occasions

Please excuse my ignorance, but what is NHA?

syno321 wrote:Please excuse my ignorance, but what is NHA?

Neil Hardy Aquatics, a trade-only supplier in Surrey, UK.
HTH
Martin

thanks Martin

Sorry, my bad - i've written it a million times before or at least it seems like it