Catfish agressive?

Originally posted by Snake Eyez
I have an albino catfish that hunts at night. I'm missing a raspora, 2 danios, and numerous ghost shrimp. If it will fit, it will eat.
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What species is your albino?
 
Originally posted by Sunny
The catfish I had my eye on was only about three inches long (could be very young), it was dark and light grey colours. I am not sure about what breed they were in particular. Since I am new to this I am consulting my book and can't find the same breed in it. I am not yet accustomed to some of the fish names, so please bear with me. :D
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That sounds a lot like a channel catfish, I got one when I was a newb as well;) . Here is a pic of a channel cat and some info; is this what you've been looking at?

Channel Catfish

If not a channel cat, maybe it's a black fin shark? Here's a link with pics and info on this catfish:
Black-finned catfish

If it's either of these cats, they both obviously get WAY too big for a 10g. But I'll reiterate what the others are saying: go with cories. You should be alright with 4.


HTH,
Serg
 
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Bristlenose pleco will work well. They are great at eating algae and leftover food from the bottom of the tank. Only get to be about 3-4", a reasonable size for your tank.

Here's a pic I found of the albino version, which is what I have. They are actually a nice golden colour.

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Another suckermouth catfish (pleco) that stay small and is very attractive among the hobbyist is the L046 zebra pleco, but you might have a hard time getting them due to their lack of supply in recent months.
 
Corys all the way

The albino cories are really cool and clean the tank some. They dont get too big and are pretty friendly with the other fish. and they live a long time.
 
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