Are there any medium size (20-30cm) catfish that are commonly available?

[whipray]

I'd personally reccomend Striped Raphael Catfish; they are in the lower half of that range tho. I'm not exactly sure if you mean wild fish or aquarium fish.

I meant aquarium fish

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

What size tank do you have? And if its already been set up with stock, what stock do you have?

 

[whipray]

Woah, they can live very long too

 

[whipray]

What size tank do you have? And if its already been set up with stock, what stock do you have?

Im planning on setting up a 100 gallon tank and keeping senegal and delhezi bichirs

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Woah, they can live very long too

Indeed. But again, regarding size, they won't grow to the 9-inch+ wild version unless you legit have a public aquarium. They will stay around the 6-7 inch range in the average tank.

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Im planning on setting up a 100 gallon tank and keeping senegal and delhezi bichirs

Striped Raphs would be perfect; they have legit armor and can easily hold their own but are not aggressive. Another option if you want to stay true to the region is some Syno cats. The larger kinds of synos, like syno eupterus/featherfin squeaker, easily get 7 inches and can get much larger. They are also taller and more "full bodied" than raphs, making them more noticeable.

 

[whipray]

What about high fin synos can they live with bichirs

 

[tlindsey]

synos

Once had a synodontis Angelicus. It was kept with mbuna cichlids and was territorial and would fight the mbuna. I honestly wouldn't put any synodontis with a bichir because of that experience with the Angelicus. Also it's going to be a challenge to feed the slower Senegal and delhezi bichir with a fast and territorial catfish.

 

[whipray]

Once had a synodontis Angelicus. It was kept with mbuna cichlids and was territorial and would fight the mbuna. I honestly wouldn't put any synodontis with a bichir because of that experience with the Angelicus. Also it's going to be a challenge to feed the slower Senegal and delhezi bichir with a fast and territorial catfish.

Oh yeah fast fish eating everthing is such a problem. had it before

 

[Fishman Dave]

Quite a few readily available from Asian bumblebee cats (pseudomystus siamensis) , plecs, a number of synodontis, a few doras , a number of pims (pimelodus) even some false girraffe cats.