Yeah, I think I see that. I only bought one more, so there are two now. They rarely go near each other. They are usually on opposite sides of the tank. Sometimes when they get near each other they just dart in the opposite direction.

What constitutes "normal" behavior? If I were to add two more of ...

Yeah, he's been doing that ever since we got home. Nonstop swimming around the tank. I'll stop tomorrow and get one more.

I have a little bit of a delimma. I just read that for him to be happy he needs more pictus cat fish buddies in the tank. But I dont really want any more, because I dont want to use up my inches on the same type of fish. For example, I dont want to overcrowd the tank, so I can get about 55" of fish ...

Oops, now I see size on the eLog...not sure how I missed that, heh.

This is my very first fish. I've cycled my 55 gal tank, it took 5 weeks. Now, on the freshwater compatibilty chart I see three types of catfish; corydoras, synodontis, and scavenger. Am I safe to presume that this fish falls under ...

Thanks,

I looked at the cat-eLog and the ones in the pictures looked more spotted, and less striped like mine, but maybe the stripes will turn into spots as he ages. You can't see it very well in the pics.

I didn't see in the e-log, how long can this thing get in a 55 gallon tank?

It's a real shiny silver, with some black streaks and the "feelers" or whatever they are seem pretty long, the two longest almost as long as the body. Digital camera sucks, sorry. Thanks!<BR><BR>
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