I have a 150 gallon fish tank 72x18 what would be the biggest catfish that could comfortably live in my tank not in inches but what type of catfish any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you
catfish suggestions needed for a 150
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To name a couple:
Four lined Pictus
Spotted Pictus
Lima Shovel nose ( Might out grow but would be while. they max out at 19" )
Asian Bumble Bee
If you like Syno's they're many syno. species you could keep
Hope that helps!
Four lined Pictus
Spotted Pictus
Lima Shovel nose ( Might out grow but would be while. they max out at 19" )
Asian Bumble Bee
If you like Syno's they're many syno. species you could keep
Hope that helps!
pictus wont work as they are to small my current stock is jaguar cichlid water cow Florida spotted gar two pike cichlids I was thinking something in the 15 in range
I don't know about compatibility but here are a couple in that 15" range.
Sun catfish 12-18"
Yellow Bullhead 16"
Sun catfish 12-18"
Yellow Bullhead 16"
can you buy yellow bullhead I have caught them before but the waters that they are in around me are polluted
I've seen them from time to time. I've never kept one, but I don't see why you cant go catch one and quarantine it for a while and then add to your main tank.
I'd say a lima shovelnose in a 150 is a bad idea long term. Vulture cats also get too large. For relatively sedentary cats (e.g. bullhead, Chaca chaca, Doradids, etc.) you could probably go with anything up to a 16-18" maximum size, but for more active species (e.g. synodontis, most pimelodids, and just about any non-bottom dwelling species), I'd say stick with sub-14" fish.
The larger (12-14") Synodontis species would do well for you, but Synos aren't fast growers, so you'd probably have to find them at adult size. Other options include bullheads (10-14"), several Pseudopimelodids (10-16"), the larger Pimelodus species like P. ornatus (mostly 9-12"), Ageneiosus marmoratus (12"), and a few of the smaller Chrysichthys species (C. brevibarbis, graueri, and auratus which range from 14-16").
The larger (12-14") Synodontis species would do well for you, but Synos aren't fast growers, so you'd probably have to find them at adult size. Other options include bullheads (10-14"), several Pseudopimelodids (10-16"), the larger Pimelodus species like P. ornatus (mostly 9-12"), Ageneiosus marmoratus (12"), and a few of the smaller Chrysichthys species (C. brevibarbis, graueri, and auratus which range from 14-16").
Yellow or northern brown bullhead. Yellows get 10-12" and northern browns get 10-14". Can catch then yourself at most local lakes. If they come from polluted water then just QT them, Ameiurus sps are tough as nails, I took mine from very turbid (1"- visibility) and it's grown 5" in half a year (currently 9-9.25").
I'd love to see a regular yellow hit 16", but the max I can ever see one growing in captivity is 14" with 10-12" more likely. The world record was just barely 16" I believe.