need a cat for new cichlid tank

[Hatch]

Any advise on what type of catfish I could put in with some peacock cichlids? something cool (shovelnose?).

3 cichlids 1.5" in a 30 gal. tank

 

[Miles]

Peacock Cichlids.. as in, Aulonocara african cichliods?

I would go with a Syndontis, because you will be able to find some african species that would do well in similiar water conditions.

Most of the South American catfish won't appreciate the hard water as much, and they get much larger and make quick snacks of little africans at night.

 

[FishHeadSoup]

4line or pictus

 

[Rob553]

i agree with miles go with syn. decorus or angelicus but not together angelicus can be mean bastards toward other syn. or at least mine was.

 

[Honda12]

In that small of a tank I would go with some synodontis petricolas.

 

[Rob553]

Wow i didnt even see that it was only a 30 you might wanna upgrade to a bigger tank unless your only gonna keep/breed a trio of aulonocara sp.

 

[acetennis2002]

I just bought a Synodontis eupterus for almost the exact same setup hope everything goes as planned

 

[Scotty]

Synodontis petricola or eupterus will de fine. Multiplunctatus is also fine but they grow to about 25cm. Any of the Tanganykan or Malawian cats will do.

 

[darthodo]

Synodontis ocellifer is nice too. I have some in my all-male hap-peacock tank. They grow fast, look nice, and aren't mean. They may get too big for the 30 gallon though. I've got 2 in my 100 gallon tank.

 

[straitjacketstar]

Synodontis petricola or eupterus will de fine. Multiplunctatus is also fine but they grow to about 25cm. Any of the Tanganykan or Malawian cats will do.

This is really not true. Syno. eupterus, multipunctatus, ocellifer, and many of the other multipunctatus types get too large for this tank. Those that are more like S. eupterus or ocellifer may have unpleasant temperaments.
Syno. petricola, Syno. nyassae (from Malawi) or Syno. nigriventris would be much better choices. They're smaller and not as aggressive the ones previously mentioned.