Suitable catfish for 4 foot planted tank

[MikeG747]

Hi,

I am doing a bit of research on what fish to stock my tank with when I re-scape.
The tank is 120 X 50 X 50 and will likely house 6 baby angels, at least a pair of a small gourami species, arched corys, sterbei corys and some ottos.

I would quite like to get a single or pair of very nice small catfish. I have seen some very pretty whiptail catfish but was wondering whether they would be suitable tank mates. Does anyone have any suggestions of what would work well with the suggested stocking?

Thanks all

Mike

 

[andy]

Whiptails are lovely....much better than plecs in my humble opinion. Trouble is, they're quite shy and nocturnal. I like Hoplo cats (Hoplosternum thoracatum) but they can be a bit of a tank and flagtail or porthole cats (Dienema longibarbus) are nice too.

 

[lurch1000]

What is the whiptail you have seen? There's a few...

 

[fish fodder]

And some will rip your plants to shreds

 

[mafoo]

And army of ottos is the only way! They are so cute in groups of 10.

 

[dean]

Which gourami species? If they too small will get bullied by the angels

Another thing to remember that whiptails can be slow to get to the food compared to corys so ensure they get enough food

It may look a bit boring with just angels as the focal point, they look regal but not that active, I'd have a large shoaling species such as rainbows or some of the larger tetras and you will always need a clean up crew, ottos will be angel food once angels are full size so then there's flying fox as an alternative

Just my own opinion

 

[dean]

Or some mollies or swordtails to add colour and movement

Hatchet fish are cool but butterfly fish are superb as long as your tank has a lid

Can you tell I'm a fishaholic ?