Can I keep elecetric catfish with other fish, or will it eventually shock and kill the other fish?? I looked up contradicting information on the internet so some people with some experience would be great.
electric catfish?
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everything i have read said don't do it... especially if you don't have a huge tank... i have mine by himself.
dont do it!!!!
in an lfs here they have a 50 g with a divider left side endli's right side electric catfish
and there were lots of endlis and after a few weeks there were a few i praised the owner for selling a lot and said he didnt sell em most of em died and he said he dont know why
haha
in an lfs here they have a 50 g with a divider left side endli's right side electric catfish
and there were lots of endlis and after a few weeks there were a few i praised the owner for selling a lot and said he didnt sell em most of em died and he said he dont know why
haha
mine is in with other fish but i dont recomend it it took awhile to find a combo that worked cause if he feels threatened or hungry at all others will die but good luck they are great fish
I tried it several times with different types of fish and various sized tanks...all ending in electric apocalypse with only the EC left standing....
Mine has currently only shocked a couple of times that I saw, each time to bigger fish that quickly learned not to mess with him. Tiger Datnoid, Johanna Pike Cichlid, etc.
When he gets bigger I am going to isolate him. For now he has not done any damage and nobody bothers him. He's about six inches.
He also has a burrow that nobody can bother him in except for my bichirs, whom he seems to ignore, meaning he might not be all that passive, just non-existant to the other fish.
If I could do it all again, I wouldn't have risked it. Now I have to pray that he goes a year without killing anyone, as my current apartment can't hold another massive tank.
When he gets bigger I am going to isolate him. For now he has not done any damage and nobody bothers him. He's about six inches.
He also has a burrow that nobody can bother him in except for my bichirs, whom he seems to ignore, meaning he might not be all that passive, just non-existant to the other fish.
If I could do it all again, I wouldn't have risked it. Now I have to pray that he goes a year without killing anyone, as my current apartment can't hold another massive tank.