Info About Silver Shark Catfish

ChevGirl

ChevGirl

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Hi,
I have a 29 gallons aquarium with 5 Cichlids in it and an Algae Eater. I wanted to know if a Silver Shark Catfish would be a good fish to put with them. My Cichlids are a Kenyi, An Auratus, A Red Zebra, A Peacock Cichlids of some sort and another not known. Please Help Me!! :help:
 
No it's not a good choice. A Silver Shark Catfish is most likey a Columbian Shark [Hexanematichthys seemanni (Arius jordani)] . These fish grow too large for a 29 gallon, and they require brackish water, which makes them incompatible with your existing fish.
 
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All of your fish grow to big for a twenty-nine gallon. I have a goldfish29 and a community29 but there is no way your fish can keep living in there for long. Good luck:-)
O, and by the way Welcome!! :hi:
 
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My fish are not yet in the 29 gallon. They are in a 10 gallon right now. They have been in there since April or May and have not yet killed themselves like everyone says. They never showed any signs of aggressiveness and they will be happier in the 29 gallon.
BTW any one have a suggestion for a catfish we can use with these fish of mine?
 
I don't keep cichlids so maybe someone else could give you some better advice, but I have seen Upside Down Cats kept with cichlids. However, I certainly wouldn't add them to the 10 gallon.
 
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Stop begin stubborn and listen!

If you have a Chinese Algae Eater, they get to be 10 inches, and needs a Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=1564

If it’s a Gold Algae Eater, they get to be 12 inches, and needs a Minimum Tank Size: 40 gallons
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1919&articleid=2452

If it’s a Siamese Algae Eater, then you’ll be fine because them only get to be about 5.5 inches and needs a Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallons
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/cyprinids2/p/siamesealgae.htm

Red Zebra African Cichlid will get to be 5 and 1/2 inches.
The Minimum Tank Capacity for them is 50 gallons
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1920&articleid=2210

Same thing for a Kenyi Cichlid
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=920

If you have a Blue Peacock Cichlid, they get up to 6 inches and needs a Minimum Tank Size: 50 gallons
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=960

Same thing for a Yellow Peacock Cichlid
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1570

Same thing for a Red Peacock Cichlid
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1569

Same thing for an Albino Peacock Cichlid
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1568

If it’s a Peacock Bass, they get up to 24 inches (2 feet), and needs a Minimum Tank Size: 70 gallons
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=910

My fish are not yet in the 29 gallon. They are in a 10 gallon right now. They have been in there since April or May and have not yet killed themselves like everyone says.
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The fact is that most of your fishes needs a Minimum Tank Size of 50 Gallons, once they get a little bigger and start to feel “condense, overcrowded, pack-in,” then they will start to panic and you will have a war-zone in your hands. All of your Cichlid is Aggressive; just click on the links and see their stats. Once they start to “feel the pressure,” death will pay your tank a visit. You have only two options, if you want them you live their fully life span; 1. Give some away or back to your LFS, 2. Get a bigger tank. I’ am not trying to be rude or offensive, I’ am just trying to get your attention before your fish pays “the ultimate prices.” I wish you the best of luck with the decision that you make!
 
Cichlids will outgrow the 29 fast. You do need a bigger tank.

About the catfish...
I have a bala cat in my Malawi cichlid tank along with a pictus cat and they are doing fine.
Is the Arius jordani (bala cat) the Silver shark cat your talking about??
 
The bala cat will probably do OK, with the high hardness and pH of an african cichlid set-up substituting for the brackish water they typically come from. But they certainly get too big to stay in a 29g. Aside from aggression, the water changes would likely need to be daily to keep nitrates down in this set-up. ChevGirl, remember too that agression is most evident at sexual maturity. Assuming you bought the $4.99 baby africans offered by many chain stores they might not be mature yet. You're setting yourself and your fish up for an inevitable downfall.
 
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