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Hello I have six synodontis multipunctatus babies about 1.5 inches long and I just today bought 2 synodontis schoutedeni(sp?) and I was wondering if you guys think it would be safe to put them together or if they are too territorial? I currently have them separated but I would like to put them together if they won't tear each other up. Anyone else keep schoutedeni's? so far I really like them I would have bought more but there were only two left. I'm starting to get overrun by synos!! Thanks guys.

P.S. the schoutedenis are around 3 inches long maybe a little smaller.

They have differing optimum water requirements, but they won't tear each other up if put in the same tank.

S. multipunctatus is found in hard alkaline water. S. schoutedeni is found in soft water with a pH of less than 7. If you make slow adjustments to the pH they should coexist together although they are from completely different habitats.

Mark

I was under the impression schoutedeni needed water around 7.0-7.5? The store I bought them at had them in with african cichlids with a ph of 8.5!!! I have both of them in straight tap from my house that is at 7.5 which I thought was a little soft for the multipuncs but still ok and just about right for the schoutedenis. I guess I was wrong thanks for the heads up. The article for the september cotm says anywhere in the range of 6.0-7.6. So I thought was I doing ok with 7.5. I'm going to be moving the multipunctatus into a cichlid rift lake tank with a ph around 8.2 in about two months but they are still really small and I didn't want to put them in big cichlids yet. Thanks guys ~wayne