Synodontis Petricola info?

[MrGT500]

im looking to get a Synodontis Petricola and was wondering if anyone had advice on keeping them. (favorite foods and such)it will be a baby when i get it, probably only about an inch or two long

hopping to put one in my 20 gallon tank which is set up as follows

4 zebra danios
5 baby tiger barbs
4 panda (going to add another)
1 Bamboo shrimp
1 eclips catfish (only see him about once a week)
and eventually a L66 which will be a baby when i get it
gravel bottom
plastic and silk plants

[jsalas623]

Baby brine shrimp I also feed them Ken's Meat & spirulina wafer's. They go crazy for it!!

[sidguppy]

me thinks this tiny tank is already fully stocked

you are aware that an Eclipse catfish will reach well over 1 foot in length?

it's small now, but it'll get quite big

synodontis petricola is a group fish; it should be kept not as a single individual, but in groups of at least 4-5.

however next to the stock issue there are 2 other things against this:
-it needs different water to thrive.
your other fish are all from the rainforest, but the petricola is from a big lake in east africa that has very different water

-the other thing is that apart from Synodontis nigriventris and s contractus, Corydoras and Synodontis don't make great tankmates, it's hard on the cory's.
its not unheard of for cory's to get battered and die in a tank with synos.....

[MatsP]

I agree with Sidguppy.

I would also add that nearly all "Synodontis petricola" sold by hobbyists, or shops that buy from hobbyists, are

Synodontis lucipinnis

- and wild-caught fish tend to be a fair bit bigger.

edit: Moved to African Catfish. Thanks to Viktor for pointing out it was in the wrong place.. --Mats

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Mats