malawi_man Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Ok, i have a 80litre tank with a bottom area of 60cm x 210cm. The only catfish are three algae eaters 2 are 8cm, the other is 13cm?? I want to get some kind of synodontus sp. that looks good and is not to expensive (i am not very well off with the old money at the moment) the water will be at 8.2 pH and around 10 kH. I know someone will suggest synodontus multipunctatus, but i dont want them interfering with the other fish when breeding. So does anyone have anything that meets these requirements?? BTW i am also after some large bristle noses from 13cm upwards. any help would be much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 If your tank is only 80 liters (or is it 800?) I don't think that there will be many species of syno's that will be able to fit in there. Also the high pH might not be to the liking of many species as well. One Syno that might be alright in a tank that size is Synodontis nigriventris, but your pH is a bit high (they like it at around 6-7.5), they are a schooling fish and here in Auckland the price for the real S. nigriventris is around $50+ each. And no I won't recommend S.multipunctatus because these are rare in NZ, in fact I have never even seen one here, and they would probably get too big for your tank, other than that they are cool! If your tank is 800 liters I would probably recommend some thing like a Feather fin syno (S.eupterus), because they can adapt to a higher pH, and they only cost about $10-$20 each. I hope this helps..... Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted May 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 oopps, yes the tank is 800 litres, i have seen 3 multi's at someones house in chch. i will do a google to see what the featherfins look like. thanx Catbrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Ok, well 800 liters is much better :lol:!!! Would you be able to get any pic of the Multi's you have seen? It would be nice to know that there are some real Multi's out there! I have seen a few fish being sold as "Multi's", but they have all been hybrid's :evil:. They look similar to the Multi's tho, and I have kept one before (it was very aggrisive!). I think this is the one I had......HERE. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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