Will this work?

[Megiddo]

Will this setup work- 2 pictus catfish, 1 dinousaur bichir, 2 raphael catfish, 1 peacock eel (or other small spiny eel)

Feel free to take out whatever you feel should be out and re-arrange
only use fish listed please unless you think of some other cool fish ^^

thanks in advance

 

[moosipher]

At first glance I would say that the eel is likely to get bullied.. depends on how big the boisterous pictus cats are.. just my opinion, though..

 

[Megiddo]

hmm doesnt the eel get bigger than catfish usually?
from what ive read eel can grow up to just under a foot while pictus grow a max of like 6"

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

What size tank?
I would reccomend 2 more pictus and one less raph as pictus like to shoal.

 

[Angler]

Yeah, imperative to know what sized tank to answer your question. In a big enough tank, yes, it will work.

 

[Megiddo]

yea tank size is 36g..a bit small but it will be ok if i down my list to 2 or 3 fishes...i was definetly looking at the pictus but i saw the raphael and it just looks so cool more like what i see when i think of a catfish

 

[Citrinellus]

yea tank size is 36g..a bit small but it will be ok if i down my list to 2 or 3 fishes...i was definetly looking at the pictus but i saw the raphael and it just looks so cool more like what i see when i think of a catfish

I would ditch the raphael, and go with a trio of pictus. Then maybe a tire-track or peacock eel, your choice. Then why type of birchir, species wise.

 

[andyjs]

I would ditch the raphael, and go with a trio of pictus. Then maybe a tire-track or peacock eel, your choice. Then why type of birchir, species wise.

Dinosaur bichir is commonly used by Petsmart for sens

 

[Citrinellus]

Dinosaur bichir is commonly used by Petsmart for sens

Yeah, i assumed that. But, you never know.

 

[stixx]

from my experience I have 3 Rapheal catfishes and to be honest I didn't see them at all unless im doing tank cleaning or wake up in the middle of the night. They don't seem to bother anything in my tank with the exception of fry. currently have one in a grow out tank with my newly purchased tire track eel which is about 6in same size as rapheal. also they grow slow especially the spotted ones.