What small catfish then?

[WeeMan]

As anyone can see I cant have the Zebra, fair enough but I would still like a small colourful cat, so can someone point me in the right direction?

It will be in a 10 Gallon, not a lot of space, sorry I know I would like more and will live with tetra's and a Betta

Cheers Dan

 

[bunjiweb]

Otos or Corydorya are the only catfish you should consider for a 10G cat, 3 of either species would work fine.

Ben

 

[WeeMan]

Hi thanks unsure about the Oto as I am a bit inexperienced but three of these would look good I think:

Three-lined cory

Cheers, Dan

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Yes they will work if you can get hold of them but corys need their diet substituted with catfish pelets and/or algae wafers and prefer to have sand instead of gravel in their tank and need somwhere dark like a cave to shelter/hide during the day when they need to, otos will also need their diet substituted with algae wafers.

 

[WeeMan]

Well the cave isnt an issue guess I'm going to have to have a look at replacing the substrate with Sand, oh well, gives me something to do!

Cheers

Dan

 

[bunjiweb]

that or very fine gravel will be fine for corys. They do not HAVE to have sand, "quartz gravel" which is typically 1-2mm in diameter is perfectly fine for corys.

Ben

 

[WeeMan]

I think I will go for sand as the gravel I have at the moment is fairly corse, 4mm ish!

It came with the tank.
Also I think sand would look pretty sweet with the plants and those cats.

Thanks

Dan