Banjo catfish

[Luis.Ventura]

Hello all,

I was reading some stuff and i came across whit a question, banjo catfish have a "big mouth", do they suck in our fry or chrimps like red cherry?
or they can be trusted?

i look for the anwer and i didn´t get anything else then "they are unproblematic" (thing that didn´t help at all).

from the looks of the fish i can gess that he eats the small fry that pass by, but to be sure i thot in doing this post, can someone help here?

[Chrysichthys]

They aren't really predatory by nature (and they aren't very fast). It can't be ruled out altogether, but I think it's unlikely.

[Luis.Ventura]

i keep looking and lookinh for more info and there is anithing saying that he might eat fry or tiny shrimps.

the funny thing is the mouth, its a tipical predator mouth that sucks in the ones that go to close of him.

[MatsP]

i keep looking and lookinh for more info and there is anithing saying that he might eat fry or tiny shrimps.

the funny thing is the mouth, its a tipical predator mouth that sucks in the ones that go to close of him.

Yes, they are sort of ambush predators, not hunting/chasing predators. They will eat small creatures that get close, for sure.

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Mats

[apistomaster]

Despite the Banjo Cats potential ability to eat shrimp, I would trust them in a tank with a shrimp colony. They do not actively hunt animals like Cherry shrimp and if they managed to eat a few I doubt that it would be noticed. Cherry Shrimp are so prolific that they would easily keep ahead of an occasional loss.