Thanks guys, it seems to have settled in very well. It really likes defrost cockles. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem too shy at all, and is really active. My knifefish and polypterus do seem to have been more shy since it went in the tank, but I've stopped worrying about the wood cat eating its ...

I posted a couple of weeks or so about C. ornatus - I was thinking of adding one to my African tank, to cohabit with Polypterus, bush fish and knife fish. I finally got one yesterday - a real beauty, around 6" long.

The tank has loads of bogwood/branches and a few large terracotta pots of plants ...

Ok- obviously I'll be watching the tank - everything I've read suggests that the polypterus should be fine with these sorts of species, but I guess they don't always read the same things that we do! So far, mine is a pussycat.

Also, out of interest, I've also seen some Brachysynodontis batensoda ...

Thanks for the prompt replies - I'm going to get a C. ornatus at the weekend and see how it goes....

Mark.

Thanks for this. Is there anything esle that you can tell me about C. ornatus? I realise that it is going to be nocturnal, but is it also a shy species? If it only comes out for five minutes at feeding time thats fine, but if I have to remove all the bogwood to check its still in the tank every few ...

Hi - I'm new to this forum.

I have a 200L West/Central African theme tank with fine sand substrate, lots of bogwood/branches and plants in large pots. Current occupants are one Polypterus ornatipinnis and four Ctenopoma oxyrynchus bushfish (about 4" - which is their max size). The polypterus is ...