Catfish id?
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Thanks for your input. After looking up multiple pics of the upside down catfish I think I actually have feather fins. Guess I'll have to get rid of some once they start getting aggressive with each other. I wished they would keep their juvenile color pattern though.
Yep. They will not keep this pattern. http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=121 Most often they are fiercely territorial but sometimes people manage to largely alleviate that. 5 is a good number.
No. For instance, compare versus this photo #13 in the link I provided above: http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/image.php?species=synodontis_eupterus&image_id=4193
USD syno has a different coloration in the way of more spot-like and even if it has a few stripes toward the tail, it has spots in other places. No squiggly stripes either http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=334
they are either synodontis eupterus (featherfin cat) or synodontis nigriventris (common usd cat). But more than likely they are the first one.
I say Eupterus Ive raised 4 from that size to 5"+ all babies look like that and progressively get darker until they are all black. Love my biggest hes 6" or so and his top fin is almost 3.5 inches. Cleans my tank 24/7