the tank is 4ftx2ftx2ft.
it has one syno eurupterus at 8 inches and one sailfing gibbiceps at 14 or so inches long and a golden gourami.
Ph is 7.2 and water is quite hard.
i just wondered what you kept with your cats any advice ideas would be great.
cheers
nolan
what would be a suitible companion for my catfish
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Wow Nolan,
A nice big tank to work with, with all kinds of room left in it, hehe, where do we start!
Lets see, one option would be:
4 Angel fish
6 Praecox rainbows
6 debauwi cats (VERY interesting schooling behavior from these guys, more is better)
4 long fin rosy barbs
5 clown loaches
6 cories (panda or sterbai are my personal favorites)
If you wanted to go with larger fish, you could go with:
4 red hook silver dollars
6 or 7 yellow labidochromis
a colony of 1 male/3 or 4 females lwanda peacocks
5 clown loaches
6 green tiger barbs and/or 6 boesmani rainbows
Both of these mixes are far from biotopes, but would give you a very colorful active tank. The malawi cichlids in the second mix like the pH a bit higher, but you said your water is quite hard, so a few frequent water changes might take care of that for you
The one's you will find commonly available in stores aren't nearly as picky about their water parameters as wild caught individuals though, IME. Angels have also been spawned for so many generations in alkaline water that they can readily adapt to it now. Your water is very nearly neutral, which gives you quite a bit of flexibility, as long as you slowly acclimate your new fish into it, that is
Barbie
A nice big tank to work with, with all kinds of room left in it, hehe, where do we start!
Lets see, one option would be:
4 Angel fish
6 Praecox rainbows
6 debauwi cats (VERY interesting schooling behavior from these guys, more is better)
4 long fin rosy barbs
5 clown loaches
6 cories (panda or sterbai are my personal favorites)
If you wanted to go with larger fish, you could go with:
4 red hook silver dollars
6 or 7 yellow labidochromis
a colony of 1 male/3 or 4 females lwanda peacocks
5 clown loaches
6 green tiger barbs and/or 6 boesmani rainbows
Both of these mixes are far from biotopes, but would give you a very colorful active tank. The malawi cichlids in the second mix like the pH a bit higher, but you said your water is quite hard, so a few frequent water changes might take care of that for you
The one's you will find commonly available in stores aren't nearly as picky about their water parameters as wild caught individuals though, IME. Angels have also been spawned for so many generations in alkaline water that they can readily adapt to it now. Your water is very nearly neutral, which gives you quite a bit of flexibility, as long as you slowly acclimate your new fish into it, that is Barbie