How to breed the Synodontis lucipinnis and rear the fry easily

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We take a deep look into how I breed the Synodontis Lucipinnis also known as the Dwarf Petricola catfish from Lake Tanganyika. Enjoy this video and see why this fish can definitely be of interest to you.

Water Conditions- Not Critical. Temp 74-82, Some water movement, plants
Breeding- Pairs grow slowly and breed at 3.5 - 4 inches. See below-
Size- 4-5 inches

This has always been a popular fish because of their appearance and non aggressive nature, but they are also very hardy, and in our experience, have been very resistant to disease. They will eat most aquarium foods, and we feed them 2-3xs per day, a mix of carnivorous and vegetable based foods.
Their preferences here for live or frozen foods, in roughly the order they are taken most readily are: White worms, Mysis shrimp (Frozen), bloodworms (Frozen), Adult Brine Shrimp (Frozen), and chopped Red Worms.
Coming from Lake Tanganyika, they are kept with some crushed coral or Oyster shell to bring up the the hardness and pH. The water here is moderately soft at 90ppm, and 7.4 pH.
Though they seem to handle slightly less than ideal conditions, they are provided with a fairly clean environment, some water movement and adequate or above filtration. Small pots, caves, rockwork without sharp edges (as they have a thin, scaleless skin that can injure easily), is provided. They are very social, but while always in close proximity to one another, fish of wide size differences can be tough on one another, so you want to keep them well fed with plenty of places to hide.
As a rule adults live peacefully together. When they come into sexual maturity, they can be sexed fairly early by body shape. Females have a wider abdomen, and when full of eggs their abdomen is quite round. They appear to be slightly higher bodied in comparison to the males, which is likely, because they are certainly more heavily bodied.
The males appear to be longer and thinner with a body that is straight back along its sides - it's
abdomen does not bulge as the females do.
When sexually mature, they will breed most often during the week previous to the full moon. The eggs are about the size of the period at the end of these sentences, and are a light amber color.
The young can be started on 24 hr. baby brine shrimp or microworms (NOT vinegar eels, as the acidity will kill the batch).