Red Tail Catfish + Four Red Bellies?

[RaBzZ]

Hello everyone i currently have a medium/lardge size tank not HUGE! Well planted external filter and four 4-5" Red Bellies!

I saw some Red Tail Catfish 3-4" maybe 4-5" the other day at my local fish store and im in love i know they become MASSIVE and eat other fish i was just wondering if anyone knew any more on the subject?

As to date nothing has lasted more than a week with the red bellies, they are extreemely healthy and well looked after.

Any information or input would be awsum,

Cheers RaBzZ!

 

[RaBzZ]

I currently have a seperation in the tank with 6x guppies, 3x platies, 3x loaches and about 30+ red cherry shrimp.

Id love to have the catfish in with the pirahnas but i dont think it would work?

WHat do you guys think?

 

[mindgame]

I'm no expert but I have kept red bellies that size and I'm guessing they will pick and nip at a RTC that small till it dies and if he does somehow survive he will most likely outgrow your tank quickly creating a whole big batch of problems for you. I wouldnt do it.

 

[native]

How big is the tank? Wait it doesnt matter really the tank most likely isn't big enough for the cat and the piranhas will get him eventually

 

[AGonz]

or the RTC will out grow the P's and eat them

 

[Bull Dog]

As AGonz says, if the RTC survives long enough, just a few months even, it will eat the Rb`s i reckon, they grow dam quick. another thing, it would bew difficult i recokn to feed the RTC with the RB`s getting the food first, or even vise versa. To much hard work and worry. Thats without tank size to take into account.

 

[Dloks]

Try it let me know how it goes I think thats sounds like a cool idea. I have a bunch of fish people wouldnt mix but I have no problems yet...but rtc grow way to fast so I gave up n th always have to give them awy free