I have a feather fun squeaker and I'm considering another catfish to add in the tank. What are some options? I like the shovel nose.
210 gallon tank
210 gallon tank
Catfish tank mate for "squeaker catfish"
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Avoid polypterus. They are notorious slime coat eaters, mine at the bichirs coat off till there was almost none left.
The query field is too wide for me. I'd be better if you gave us more info on your preference in the new catfish - size, behavior, the size of the syno, the tank layout / picture, any other tank mates, water quality - hard or soft, pH, etc.
I'm in central Texas so our water is hard but I have a large piece of wood in it. My 210 is a 6ft tank with a squeaker catfish thats about 6 inches long currently. I have Viejas going in the tank soon, they're juvi's. I do water changes weekly and I'm running 2, large canister filters on it.
I like pictus catfish but they don't get very large. The squeaker cat stays inside the wood so im not sure which catfish would do well with it. I prefer something a little more visible.
Bichirs. Lovely group of fish, when in doubt, google is your friend
Based on your liking of Pictus cats I would suggest one of the slightly larger pimelodus, something like blochii, or maybe ornatus. Or for something a little more striking, a bolt catfish, aguarunichthys torosus.
polypterus are a potential option although are not catfish but more info on them can be found in the “ancient fish” section.
I currently have four feather fin squeakers with my young 14” polypterus endlecheri with no issues but they have each other to concern them. Squeakers tend to be more aggressive to tank mates when solitary in my opinion.
polypterus are a potential option although are not catfish but more info on them can be found in the “ancient fish” section.
I currently have four feather fin squeakers with my young 14” polypterus endlecheri with no issues but they have each other to concern them. Squeakers tend to be more aggressive to tank mates when solitary in my opinion.
I like Dave's advice.
There are many catfish that can fit the bill. So far your preferences are:
-- ok with a featherfin syno
-- like Pimelodus pictus but larger
-- visible / not a hider
-- ok with hard water (do you know the number? how hard are we talking? if you don't know, it would be beneficial if you took a sample of your water into a local fish shop because they can measure carbonate hardness KH and general hardness GH for you for free)
-- it'd be good to know pH (again an LFS can do it for free)
There are many catfish that can fit the bill. So far your preferences are:
-- ok with a featherfin syno
-- like Pimelodus pictus but larger
-- visible / not a hider
-- ok with hard water (do you know the number? how hard are we talking? if you don't know, it would be beneficial if you took a sample of your water into a local fish shop because they can measure carbonate hardness KH and general hardness GH for you for free)
-- it'd be good to know pH (again an LFS can do it for free)