His tank mates currently are two large pleco's and a jack dempsy. Do schall's do well with smaller fish? We were thinking of moving the jack out, and getting a fleet of smaller bright fish like tetra's so it would be a bunch of little fish, and the big pleco's would be reminiscent of the movie Clash ...

Thank you all. I looked at all the write ups, and am happy to say that the pics of the Synodontis schall look exactly like him. Thanks also for the advice on helping me make him happy. I am sooo happy to know what he is, and how to give him a good home!

Thanks again.

I inherited my in laws 50 gallon tank, and I know what all the rest of the fish are but this one velvety black big eyed fish. They suspect it is a catfish of some sort, and picked it up from a free tank at our local fish store. He is about 6 inches long, and spends most of his time trying to get ...