Catfish as wetpets

[PhishMon84]

I know these threads are the majority of the CA forum but I couldn’t find any in the catfish forum.

What catfish have you found to be interactive and good as solo occupants.
Let’s say for 3 standard tank sizes
40b 36x18
75 48x18
180 72x24

Some that jump out are wyckii and apurensis.

Used to have a vulture, active but not interactive
Thank you

 

[EntoStentor]

giraffe cats

 

[moe214]

Must say I’m ready to get an oscar for this reason. Hard to find oddballs I like that are interactive. Wyckii and apurensis will inevitably need a tank wider than 2’.

 

[EntoStentor]

Get flagtails.

 

[PhishMon84]

Nothing compares to an Oscar- unfair comparison.
I have Red Devils, barred midas, blackbelt, jags- nothing compares to Oscars.
I have some tanks I’m looking to change up- neither of those fish are particularly active- hence why I was looking at them.
Pseudopimelodidae Buffonis or a fowleri would be nice but seem unattainable

 

[Iamfish]

Nothing compares to an Oscar- unfair comparison.
I have Red Devils, barred midas, blackbelt, jags- nothing compares to Oscars.
I have some tanks I’m looking to change up- neither of those fish are particularly active- hence why I was looking at them.
Pseudopimelodidae Buffonis or a fowleri would be nice but seem unattainable

Giant Bumblebee Catfish (Pseudopimelodus bufonius)

An attractively marked, medium sized catfish, the Giant Bumblebee Catfish (sometimes also called Jello or Jelly Cat) is found throughout the Orinoco and Amazon basins. In the wild, it tends to be found in relatively shallow, slow moving waters - often buried in leaf litter - and is an ambush...

www.aqua-imports.com

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Can you tell us more, please, on what kind of activity and interaction you are looking for?

Bufonius is sometimes available, as exemplified above. Fowleri is never. Apurensis is available.

 

[moe214]

Nothing compares to an Oscar- unfair comparison.
I have Red Devils, barred midas, blackbelt, jags- nothing compares to Oscars.
I have some tanks I’m looking to change up- neither of those fish are particularly active- hence why I was looking at them.
Pseudopimelodidae Buffonis or a fowleri would be nice but seem unattainable

That's why we need them all right? Lol

 

[PhishMon84]

Can you tell us more, please, on what kind of activity and interaction you are looking for?

Bufonius is sometimes available, as exemplified above. Fowleri is never. Apurensis is available.

I’d like a fat goofy fish that doesn’t swim too much.
Reckonizes me, beg for food.
Doesn’t hate ppl
Can live alone or with small fast fish like guppy’s that I won’t mind losing a few here or there.
Can be used for culling fry fromy large cichlid pairs.
Looks like something from star wars
Can live at least a few yrs in a 75.
I have 4 6’ tanks but at present, so there is a long term solution available if necessary

 

[tlindsey]

I’d like a fat goofy fish that doesn’t swim too much.
Reckonizes me, beg for food.
Doesn’t hate ppl
Can live alone or with small fast fish like guppy’s that I won’t mind losing a few here or there.
Can be used for culling fry fromy large cichlid pairs.
Looks like something from star wars
Can live at least a few yrs in a 75.
I have 4 6’ tanks but at present, so there is a long term solution available if necessary

Only thing I can think of is a small freshwater specie of puffer.