What are some info about these guys....Im planning on getting one to go into a pond that I officially plan on doing...I want to know the full extent in Size,Aggressiveness,Compatibility,Diet,Tank Setup ETC....Thanks You Guys!!!
Electric Catfish Info Help!
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or will the electric catfish will just shock the others till death....of coarse the others will be much bigger but not too big that can get eaten by the others
I think when the other bump into it ti would hock and kill the others, and also they don't grow very fast so the RTC would try and eat it and then get shocked|!
mostly a loner, but can live with some synos from my understanding. We have some experts hiding somewhere. Would love to own one myself, but I would do a dedicated tank first.
I'd say for a electric catfish a 100 gallon would house one for a very long time but if you wanted to keep an adult for life probably a 180 at the minimum if it was by itself. I wouldn't house it with anything other than synodontis catfish. From my experience thats the only fish that survive and coexist well with them. I had 3 synodontis multipunctatus and 2 synodontis flavitaeniatus in with my 10" E cat with no problems. The syno's were about 3-4" each. They are a great fish but best kept in a species only tank or with synodontis in my honest opinion.
Others have had success keeping them with other varieties of fish but only if its a large tank and there is plenty of room and hiding for the E cat to seek refuge like lots of rock/slate/driftwood but even then your taking a big gamble that one of your other fish doens't get on the E cats bad side because if so...game over ~Trent
Others have had success keeping them with other varieties of fish but only if its a large tank and there is plenty of room and hiding for the E cat to seek refuge like lots of rock/slate/driftwood but even then your taking a big gamble that one of your other fish doens't get on the E cats bad side because if so...game over ~Trent