Recommend me a catfish

[essy]

100 gallon, heavily filtered

1x Albino Tiger Oscar (4")
1x Jaguar Cichlid (1.5")
1x Jack Dempsey (6")
1x Gold Saum (3")
1x Fl/Sp Gar (4")

This is a growout for a 320 gal in about 8 months. Please recommend me a decent sized catfish that could live with these tankmates , I was thinking like three 3" Pictus'.

 

[kydsexy]

not enough space

 

[bfhslilred93]

if youre growing out get a lima shovelnose or a sun cat but if those are perminent residents then dont get anything

 

[nuggets]

i always wanted a chaca chaca but i think they get big and are meat eaters

 

[essy]

The fish will be permanent tankmates with them, exept the gar will probably get his own tank in the future, but the tank will not be permanent. It'll be upgraded to either a 260gal or a 320gal. a LSN or 3x Pictus Cats, I can't really decide. Would the pictus' be picked on or what?

 

[LBathory]

I would say Lima or syno. Unless you are updating in the future

 

[blurock]

Pictus only get like 4-6"... in the future when those big cichlids and gar grow up... they will probably end up being a meal.
I'd get the LSN... or a Raphael (stripped or spotted) A suncat could work too, but they are pretty slow growers... wouldn't keep up with the JD and O and don't have tough enough skin to fend them off, would probably end up becoming a feeder.

If you like pictus, you should look into a 4line pim, they get around 12", slow growers, but my 5-6" is active enough that it tends to stay out of my large O's way.

 

[essy]

I think we have some Raphael Catfish at my LFS. I could try talking to them about ordering a LSN though.

 

[blurock]

I believe the spotted raphael stay smaller than the striped... but either would work in a 300+ tank

 

[Militis]

Well if its just a growout keep the oscar in the 100G and then put the rest and new catfish in the 300+ that should work