catfish?

[danstroud1]

hi. a friend of a friend is getting rid of his aquarium and ive been asked if i want its only fish. its some type of catfish i think. could anyone confirm the species so i can confirm it is compatible with my other fish. its quite a bad pic unfortunately. thanks

 

[Mogurako]

Looks like an upside-down or an African cat, what type of fish do you have/ size of tank.

 

[danstroud1]

4 silver dollars, 2 angels, 5 adult cardinal tetras, 1 common plec. 400 litre/ 5 foot aquarium.

 

[arangarajan93]

You cant keep that catfish since you have cardinal tetra!

 

[Mogurako]

You cant keep that catfish since you have cardinal tetra!

I honestly don't think that cat will harm any of you're fish. Cardinals would be tue only cause of concern but they are much to fast for most fish to catch. I'd say you should be fine getting it.

 

[danstroud1]

ok thanks for the info. think im going to take the risk. people told me my angel fish would eat the cardinals and that never happened. i will monitor it closely

 

[danstroud1]

ive just been informed by the owner that the scientific name of this species is Synodontis multipunctatus?? does this change anything?

 

[Mogurako]

ive just been informed by the owner that the scientific name of this species is Synodontis multipunctatus?? does this change anything?

It's an African catfish, it should be fine.

 

[Homedog98]

You cant keep that catfish since you have cardinal tetra!

Wait... Why not? Just out if curiosity.

 

[arangarajan93]

Larger catfish is not suitable with tetras and with small fishes as it will make a food for them. But there is a chance that some catfish wont do such thing. I would recommend you to keep and watch closely. But you can give a try. I had a walking catfish, which belongs to larger catfish family. He/she ate almost all of my small fishes like guppys, platies, golden harlequin rasboras. So i have experienced in this. So then i returned my walking catfish to the lfs.

 

[DiscusDennis]

ive just been informed by the owner that the scientific name of this species is Synodontis multipunctatus?? does this change anything?

Here's some info & pics of Synodontis multipunctatus:

Synodontis multipunctata • Mochokidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Hope this helps,
Dennis