Catfish and Plecos
Cuckoo Synodontis
Synodontis multipunctatus
Photo: Mario Rubio García · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH7.5–9
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Origin
- Lake Tanganyika
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 7.5 – 9.0
- GH
- 10 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater (hard and alkaline)
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; they deposit their eggs in the mouths of brooding cichlids, which raise their fry
Notes: Black spots on a cream-colored background and fins with white edges. Famous for its “cuckoo” breeding behavior with Malawi and Tanganyika cichlids.
