Anyone keep Chara Chara catfish?

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Do you mean Chaca chaca? If so they're lately ambush predators that I'd only keep with other of the same species.
 
Recently saw them for sale and looks like a very interesting catfish anyone ever keep them?

Chaca chaca are some of my all time favorite cats, i have kept a bunch of them over the years. I have always kept them in community tanks with simular built bottom dwellers and larger top dwellers never little tetras,barbs or cichlids they will eat them. They are very slow moving fish so be careful housing them with fish that eat all the food. They do good with lots of driftwood i had one set up with chacas raphs and jaguar cats that was nice.
 
[video=youtube;37_h6dMdHeg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37_h6dMdHeg[/video] this is my current chaca kept him with a MARBLE GOBY, rhino pleco,sailfin pleco and a florida gar all larger than him but he was very inactive and got out competed for food all the time.
 
[video=youtube;OqtQ75CLMb0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqtQ75CLMb0[/video] Moved him to a smaller tank and he is much more active fat and happy now. AWESOME CAT.
 
[video=youtube;hQTSvKmIRbY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQTSvKmIRbY[/video] These are his current tankmates. Your welcome i love these cats im waiting on more myself.
 
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