cosworthlady
Fish Fanatic
I think I have a Synodontis nigromaculata and he's the sole reason i have 4 fish tanks now. I took him in from a friend who was getting rid of his fish shed way back in 1997. He had had him for a couple of years too and had been given him from another friend who had him for a while too,. I reckon he's about 15 years old. Does anyone know their lifespan? He's very lively and has had his ups and downs but now lives and rules in a 96L tank with tetras and a few live bearers. He lives under his bog wood although he is always lifting it and shifting it to other places in the tank. He's about 5/6" long and has never grown in all the time i have had him. At one time he was my only fish as he had outlived everything. I kept him alone for a while thinking he would soon pass away but that was in 2004 and he's still here!!. I got him a green terror, firemouth and jewel cichlid for company but after the green terror had killed off both the other cichlids I feared for him and had to buy another fish tank and so the story goes and now I've 4 tanks!!.
Anyone else got one? I think he's great. Always up to something and rarely "sits" still. Only swims up side down when he's lifting his bogwood up. He also doesn't like small bits of slate in the tank and lifts them with his nose and flicks them to the side.!!
Anyone else got one? I think he's great. Always up to something and rarely "sits" still. Only swims up side down when he's lifting his bogwood up. He also doesn't like small bits of slate in the tank and lifts them with his nose and flicks them to the side.!!
