Well I thought I would up date my post. I now have had this fish for 16 years and it is doing great. He is the only Schilbe intermedius in my tank but he does school with two other catfish in the tank, a sunspot and a Four-lined Pimodella.

As far as having ick in my home aquarium I have never had a ...

How long do these guys live for? I have had mine for 13 years. He gets along with everyone and I have a very aggressive tank. I don't see them too often around here but I saw one the other day at a LFS but it had ich. They have had it for awhile and I was about to get it but then I noticed the ich ...