giraffe catfish

lukeant · Post by **lukeant** » 24 Oct 2004, 11:11

would these be ok with discus and would they eat cardinal tetras and other charicans

bunjiweb · Post by **bunjiweb** » 24 Oct 2004, 13:55

Giraffe Catfish can get huge. I saw a picture of a wild one that must have been 3/4 of a meter long! I wouldnt reccomend putting them with any small characins such as tetra....they will quickly become lunch.

Ben

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 24 Oct 2004, 14:02

If you mean , it would be impossible. They grow much too big very quickly, destroy your filtration by ploughing through the substrate until the tank is a murky swamp, and while not extremely predatory, they could not be trusted with small fish.

The smaller Parauchenoglanis species are more manageable, but too predatory.

I would suggest , which is readily available and well-suited to life with discus; and looks like a giraffe cat, although the two are only distantly related.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 24 Oct 2004, 14:07

Also I see you have Jaguar catfish on your list. Those are too predatory to keep with tetras.