Catfish for a 125g?

[Aqualoon]

Been fish keeping for years, have kept many different types of fish but I have never kept any type of catfish and I'd like to change that.

Tank is a standard 125 gallon, only stock that is for sure is a Male Gold Saum.

The only two types of catfish I have ever looked into (and may end up going with) is a small group of Pictus and the Red Whiptail.

What I'm looking for in a catfish is something interesting looking, active and nothing that gets too large that it will try to swallow a 4" cichlid (while I haven't finalized my stock just yet I am looking at some earth eaters).

 

[Boomer1224]

go with pictus they are your best bet

 

[kno4te]

Ornate pin, 4lined pimelodus, hoplos, some ageneiosus catfish, and some driftwood catfish come to mind.

 

[moe214]

+1 and bagrids

Ornate pin, 4lined pimelodus, hoplos, some ageneiosus catfish, and some driftwood catfish come to mind.

like sun catfish or Asian USD cat. Ime, your best bett will be the USD and 4-line since they defend their selves best ime.

 

[big54bob]

Asian USD Cat might be your best bet, very rowdy cat. My brother has one with a Texas and an oscar and the thing went head to toe with the texas when it was first introduced.

Otherwise larger synodontis cats, jaguar cat, striped raphael, 4 lined pim, or a eclipse cat would make decent aditions to your tank.

 

[moe214]

Could do a Trachy Trachy too.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

4 Lined Pim, Trachy Trachy, Lima Shovelnose there are plenty of options.

 

[Experiment397]

Lima shovelnose, pictus, raphaels, hoplo, 4lines, a nice school of emerald cories would be cool too. They get decent sized in the right setup