Pimelodus pictus

[stibolt]

Hi all!

I´m searching for a catfish to match my 180 liters aquarium in which there already lives a Cherax Destructor (crayfish), and an Oscar Cichlid. Then my thoughts wandered towards a Pimelodus Pictus. Fast, beautiful. . but still it´s hard to find out whether it´s suitable or not. . I´ve looked almost everywhere, reading anything I could find about them. I don´t know if 180 liters would would be enough for a catfish of that caliber.

My crayfish is about 15 cm long. . It has lived with a Pterophyllum Scalare and an ordinary gippiceps with no problems, before I bought my Oscar for about 2 months ago. He´s about 13 cm now - still a baby.

Do you have any suggestions? I don´t want to waste a catfish´s life just because I can´t give it proper conditions. .

[Silurus]

The tank is large enough, but unfortunately, the tankmates are too large. You might want to pick a larger pim like P. ornatus.

[jim2y]

Pimelodid and your cryfish live in the bottom, probably your cryfish will attack your pimelodid except your pimelodid is bigger than your cryfish

[StiffMeister]

Pimelodid and your cryfish live in the bottom, probably your cryfish will attack your pimelodid except your pimelodid is bigger than your cryfish

pimpictus become only 12-15 cm...

im taking some of them too, very cool fish!

[stibolt]

P. Ornatus does look very beautiful. But. . well, the Cate-log says almost excately the same about P. Ornatus as it says about P. Pictus. . What´s the difference? I mean, so that it would be a better tankmate for the crayfish? Is it more active?

Still, I won´t be buying new fish for the next couple of months. . there is far to many sick fish in the stores in the wintertime.

[Silurus]

What´s the difference?

It grows about twice as big (28 cm vs. 12 cm).

[stibolt]

Oh. . wauv. I didn´t see that. Hmm. . wonder if you´re able to buy them in Denmark. Is it a common fish?