I'm trying to find a catfish for stirring up the sandbed in my 330g. I've had giraffe cats before and they are fantastic at that, but in my experience they always end up becoming pricks, chasing other fish, etc. Oxydoras niger comes to mind, but I don't want anything that big. So my thought was to find a smaller doradid cat perhaps... But not too small. Anything under 7-8" would probably be eaten by my big old widebar dat... Any suggestions or ideas?
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- Thread starter The Mule
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Looking for something in the 8-14" size range, and need a fish that will sift through the sand.
Dont know that doradids are the best choice, my 18" niger and 10" irwini do nothing
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Surf craigslist for a free common pleco that got to big for someones 55 gallon. My 6 inch in my 120 does more then enouph to keep me happy
You could put a bunch of banjo catfish in there, they will burrow in the sand. Your Dat would probably eat them, if he ever notices them or realizes that the banjo cat is not a leaf, which is pretty unlikely
Brown Hoplo catfish are known for digging/sifting through sand.Should be about the right size too.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=394
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/_species.php?species_id=394
Why 8-14" as max size? If you are willing to go a foot larger get a tigrinus. Mine is constantly stirring up the sand and is very peaceful.