180g stocking
- Thread starter Danyal
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those would(i've had a blue channel cat before, loved him) but they would also get too big for my tank. and i'm pretty sure that the bullhead would probably try to eat my other fish. i looked up red belly daces but i don't think i'll get them. the pepper loaches are, i belive, Lepidocephalichthys guntea.
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Yeah, bullheads don't work very well with other fish, except in huge tanks or with much larger fish. Even if the other fish are too big to fit in the bully's mouth, his constant nocturnal activity and attempts to eat their fins will disturb their sleep and stress them out.
Danyal-
The tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus), which is the most commonly available, gets to about 3-4" in length; even so, they are seldom bothered by larger sunfish due to their nocturnal habits and sharp, mildly venomous pectoral spines. You have to be careful handling any madtoms (or North American cats in general). The largest madtom is the stonecat (N. flavus), which reaches 10-12" in length; they are also sometimes available. Several other species show up now and again, most of them in the 3-6" range. The pygmy madtom is less than 2" in length, but it is threatened in the wild and unavailable in the pet trade.
WWG-
The madtoms are actually the largest genus in the Ictaluridae (North American Catfish family).
The tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus), which is the most commonly available, gets to about 3-4" in length; even so, they are seldom bothered by larger sunfish due to their nocturnal habits and sharp, mildly venomous pectoral spines. You have to be careful handling any madtoms (or North American cats in general). The largest madtom is the stonecat (N. flavus), which reaches 10-12" in length; they are also sometimes available. Several other species show up now and again, most of them in the 3-6" range. The pygmy madtom is less than 2" in length, but it is threatened in the wild and unavailable in the pet trade.
WWG-
The madtoms are actually the largest genus in the Ictaluridae (North American Catfish family).
tadpole madtoms were what i was looking at, i'm familiar with the poisonous spines, i've gotten nailed by bullheads a couple of times. rubbing the tailfin on the stings helped(don't remember where i heard that, just know that i tried it once with a baby bullhead and it worked) are there any other madtoms that stay small(like the tadpoles), are diurnal and would be realatively easy to get ahold of?
