Upside Down Catfish

[kizno1]

i brought a upside down catfish and featherfin catfish toghether and they where really active but i had to take the featherfin back because i was nipping and i havent seen the upside down catfish swimmin since i took it back about a week and a half ago its still alive i can see its gills just will it be more active if i get another one or will they just both hide and will they fight

 

[Chewie27]

My upside down is very inactive, alot of the time he'll stay in the same place for days on end and then have a swim around late at night then straight back to another plant and stay there for days. I think it's pretty normal for them but if anyone else could help?

 

[Colin_T]

upsidedown catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) can be kept in groups but don't do much during the day. They will spend most of their time hiding under a plant rock or wood only venturing out when food is added to the tank.
A small featherfin catfish (Synodontis eupterus) would be fine with them but will eventually get much bigger and could cause problems.

 

[Schebs240]

Hey first post here.

I have had a upside catfish for about 7 months now I bought him very small and he is near 2 1/2 inchs now. I thought he died I couldn't find him in my tank for almost 2 months. Then one day I seen him early in the AM and found him hiding in the tank where he camo's in. I have seen him swimming 3 times in 7 months so it's pretty normal I guess.

 

[matchstickman47]

lol welcom to the forum ......i thought my two bn plecos wer dead for about a week
found em in the filter
alive !

some fish are just better at playing hide n seek than huans

 

[kizno1]

i thought mine was dead i can normaly see him he hids in the same sport every day but the last couple od days he wasnt there and i was lookin to day and was getting worried and on of the plant had fallen ove so i put my hand in and out of nowhere he came out and was swiming against my hand

 

[gavnlisa]

got an upsidedown catfish too n he has his own wee hiding spot which he stays in until i turn the lights off, only found this out when i got worried he had died n decided too look for him its only on a rare occasion he will come out in the light, have a banjo n hoplo aswell but the hoplo is the only one that comes out all the time some must just be more shy than others

 

[kizno1]

yh ive only seen it swimming a round about twice in the last 3 mounths

 

[gavnlisa]

yh ive only seen it swimming a round about twice in the last 3 mounths

that was the same for us but seen him today when i was searching for a missing chain loach

 

[kizno1]

did you find the chain loach

 

[gavnlisa]

did you find the chain loach

ye i did, raided the entire tank n it was only when i stopped lookin n put everytin back he decided to come out , ta for askin, everytin ok wit your catfish?

 

[kizno1]

yh he had wedged him self umder the botom of a fake plant last time i looked

 

[gavnlisa]

yh he had wedged him self umder the botom of a fake plant last time i looked

thats the same as ours he wedges himself in the corner of one of our ornaments

 

[kizno1]

my ones normaly in the bamboo tube i have
i think its funny when they dart roung the tank upside dwn
my mum screams when it dose she dont like the wiskers

 

[gavnlisa]

my ones normaly in the bamboo tube i have
i think its funny when they dart roung the tank upside dwn
my mum screams when it dose she dont like the wiskers

havent had a decent look at it since we first got him the only ting i noticed is when he was at the shop he was all grey but wen we got him home n he settled his bottom half turned orange , the mother in law told me he looked ugly when we got him must be a mum ting