Is It Easy To Bread Synodontis Multipunctatus Catfish?

[elliot.morgan]

Is It Easy To Bread Synodontis Multipunctatus Catfish?

 

[IcQb]

That depends...
The hard part is probably to breed other cichlids living with the multi's.
They are the 'cuckoo' catfish.

Cool tanganyika video: Here!
around minute 5 the invasion starts

When other, larger cichlids breed, multi's swoop in, eat the eggs and drop their own. The 'host' cichlid then broods them in it's mouth.

If you have a bunch of mature multi's and some other cichlids, they're rather straightforward to breed...

 

[toddnbecka]

I have a group of 5 adults in a 75g tank with a breeding group of eureka red peacocks. At least half of the time the female cichlids release 2-3 baby catfish instead of peacock fry, and they spawn pretty often/regularly.

 

[IcQb]

I have a group of 5 adults in a 75g tank with a breeding group of eureka red peacocks. At least half of the time the female cichlids release 2-3 baby catfish instead of peacock fry, and they spawn pretty often/regularly.

i'd LOVE to see that happen