Catfish on the way, for the oscars
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yea i agree, i wouldnt bother with a channel cat. I had a blue n an albino and those suckers grew fast n ate everything! Within a few months they went from a couple inches to over 14". had to toss em in the pond.
i have been reading up on how big they can get, once he gets too big, he will be put up for adoption, what would be a better tank mate as in a bottom feeder for this setup?
u could do jelly bumblebee cat's or.... ummmm loaches. i have a red tailed zebra loach in my tank hes about 2.5" and he cleans like a mofo
search for a thread where the guys new $125 7" Aro become lunch to for a 4" cat. Not sure what kind, but it was swallon like a snake that just ate a pig.
jgallagher1980;2166750; said:
If you can find some larger pictus cats or synodontis eupterus catfish. I think those would work great.
jgallagher1980;2166750; said:
Never get a fish with the idea that you can easily give it away at monster size, particularly a common one like a channel cat.
i am going to see if i can get some larger pictus cats, two of them, i will probably keep the channel and when it gets too big or doesnt do well with the oscars, he will be taken back to the fish store and kept in their pond that they have
