Hello,
Im new on here so if Ive missed a relevant thread or info then I apologise in advance.
Im in the process of setting up an Orinoco Drainage Biotope tank with the following fish to work as a community tank. The fish Im thinking of using are Uaru, Pterophyllum and maybe some Biotodoma or Geos.
Usually I just pick a few corys to put in a tank just as a clean up crew (cichlids being the focus) but this time I want to put some thought into getting a special catfish or two to work with.
What Im looking for is some interesting catfish (not corys, although I love corys I after something different). Im thinking in the 2 - 7" size range that is peaceful.
Anyone got any pointers to get my research started?
Thanks
Dan
Alternative catfish for Orinoco drainage biotope tank
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Re: Alternative catfish for Orinoco drainage biotope tank
can't get better than this when you want a mediumsized very peaceful social catfish that is a true species from the Orinoco!
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Re: Alternative catfish for Orinoco drainage biotope tank
You can find fish in the Cat-eLog that have a distribution in the Orinico, and click "Orinoco" for other fish that are in the same river. Click here for a link that I just found by doing that. I think there might be too many species, which is why it seems to be capping at 100. You can also use the Cat-eLog to search by location, though, so try that, because you should be able to limit it by family as well.
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Re: Alternative catfish for Orinoco drainage biotope tank
One suggestion that would be biotope correct would be . They are actually only in the trade as they are bycatch of the Discus trade. is another sp captured down in that area.
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Re: Alternative catfish for Orinoco drainage biotope tank
Thanks guys for the pointers there.
Sidguppy, that looks amazing. Thanks for that.
Suckermouth, I have started going through the Cat-elog, I was just after a couple of ideas with which to start as there is so much here to learn, as I said, being new to catfish apart from Corydoras Sterbai its mind boggling how many species there are to look at.
Shane, the Sturisomatichthys sp' rio atabapo looks great.
Dan
Sidguppy, that looks amazing. Thanks for that.
Suckermouth, I have started going through the Cat-elog, I was just after a couple of ideas with which to start as there is so much here to learn, as I said, being new to catfish apart from Corydoras Sterbai its mind boggling how many species there are to look at.
Shane, the Sturisomatichthys sp' rio atabapo looks great.
Dan