Lophiosilurus alexandri ( pacman catfish ) spawned !!! update fm 7 Mar 08

Originally Posted by Jarrick

I'm housing them together with 7 discus in a 4x2x2 with ohf

ok jarrick, u got plenty of space for pacman. will my pacman be stunted in the growth if it remains in 2ft all the way ? when it grows further i will remove and re-arrange the furnitures inside so more space for him. plan to change pebbles substrates to black sand which i have, so he can live more comfortably. let him burrow himself under sand once in a while.

[Jarrick]

Originally Posted by pinkfloyd777

ok jarrick, u got plenty of space for pacman. will my pacman be stunted in the growth if it remains in 2ft all the way ? when it grows further i will remove and re-arrange the furnitures inside so more space for him. plan to change pebbles substrates to black sand which i have, so he can live more comfortably. let him burrow himself under sand once in a while.

I think its ok for them to remain in the 2ft for now as they don't really need bigger space to swim around and grad that you are changing pebbles to black sand..

[jebus]

i feel u will want to shift it to a bigger tank when ur pacman is ard 8-9"
they are quite active at night

dat's my tot too but for sure now no 'permit' to hav a bigger tank. c how wen he grow bigger than wife can see big guy in small tank so awkward then took a pity. actually i've taken a halt on fishkeeping already but pacman makes me start back

btw, u know how big is amiidae's couple when they spawn ?

[Jarrick]

updates.... its 16cm now

[amiidae]

nice update guys.


some interesting behaviour for my adult pair...

YouTube Video

i've watched the video, and the pair's behavior seems really promising!
hope to hear good news soon

cheers

Hi Ben, it should be a really interesting video. Looks like they are doing the dance again. But I can't watch it smoothly. They are intervals every few seconds like it's trying to upload still. It will take ages if I want to finish the whole video.

How big are they when they spawned?

As mentioned before I changed the base of my tank from pebbles to black sand. This small project went on last Saturday. Exactly 4 weeks after pacman arrived.

Below are pictures of him climbing and resting on the stone in the large basin. So cute but not for long, after only about five seconds of lying still I took no chance and put him back in water. Worry that he won't know how to get down by himself and risk no oxygen.

I didn't notice actually how he climbed, should be wiggled himself up the stone as water level almost same... but I don't think he can wiggled himself down back to water though.