Dwarf stone catfish. 75 gallon

Hello.
I've recently discovered these fish.
I'm curious on opinions if they could /will
Work in my community 75gallon.

My ph is a bit high 7.8-8.0
Also I prefer to keep temp at 77.

Current stock:
3 pleco -xs RCS - 4 gobys - 2 mystery snails - 10 kuhli loachs- 6 silver tip tetra 10 espie -1 SAE - 1 GBR - 3 pearl gourami- 1 betta-
4 cories - 4 ghost shrimp -5 sidthmunki loach -1 ADf -12amano shrimp- 1 guppy- 7 cpd - 1 vampire shrimp - 2 cpo -10 rummynose - 3 pinnochio shrimp.

Really appreciate your insight.


Older pic, but pretty close to current look.

 

Are these like the asian stone catfish? I was planning a tank awhile back with some and when deciding on a tank mate i wanted something that woukd do well in a range of i believe it was 74-76, because i was plabning on keeping the tank ~75 for the catfish. I am sure a google search should be able to give you a good idea of an acceptable range for them.

 

Are these like the asian stone catfish? I was planning a tank awhile back with some and when deciding on a tank mate i wanted something that woukd do well in a range of i believe it was 74-76, because i was plabning on keeping the tank ~75 for the catfish. I am sure a google search should be able to give you a good idea of an acceptable range for them.

Correct.
However 1 degree warmer doesn't seem to be a far jump from 76.
I have done the Google search, which sometimes parrots information to be a grain of salt.

 

I mean, you should find out quick enough if they can't deal with it. Not like they have a fixed temp 365 days a year in the wild either. Might be more of an issue if trying to breed however.

 

I mean, you should find out quick enough if they can't deal with it. Not like they have a fixed temp 365 days a year in the wild either. Might be more of an issue if trying to breed however.

Right !?
Breeding is not a concern at this time.

I'm considering about them not being stressed with the other fish in the aquarium also .
The Sids can become a little feisty over feeding meaty foods.

 

Right !?
Breeding is not a concern at this time.

I'm considering about them not being stressed with the other fish in the aquarium also .
The Sids can become a little feisty over feeding meaty foods.

Yeah, couldn't tell you about tank mates. I never ended up going forward with that tank due to moving, etc. Hope to one day

 

I believe this is the fish you are talking about - if so there is quite a bit of information here:
Erethistes jerdoni • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog

 

I believe this is the fish you are talking about - if so there is quite a bit of information here:
Erethistes jerdoni • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog

Yes.. and per the provided link they can be kept to 77f.
I may try a few maybe 4 in this tank and see how it goes.

 

I certainly wouldn't keep them with those fish. Mine struggled to compete with most fish and did much better when alone or with small things like Boraras.

 

The key to them is that there's enough food for them to eat and no other bottom feeder competition. 75g is a big place for a little fish and the tank looks to be heavy planted. I'd have concerns that not enough food makes it to them with the cories. The corries will work around the clock, the Anchor cats will hide and come out at night looking for food mostly. And the cories are just faster workers. Not sure about the rest, the anchors are micropredators though and carnivores that will ambush little things at night if they aren't well fed.

You can try it, they might starve or figure out how to eat others out of necessity, I am sure the cories will outcompete them in the same territory though and dominate the bottom the anchor cats won't be able to keep up with them.

 

The key to them is that there's enough food for them to eat and no other bottom feeder competition. 75g is a big place for a little fish and the tank looks to be heavy planted. I'd have concerns that not enough food makes it to them with the cories. The corries will work around the clock, the Anchor cats will hide and come out at night looking for food mostly. And the cories are just faster workers. Not sure about the rest, the anchors are micropredators though and carnivores that will ambush little things at night if they aren't well fed.

You can try it, they might starve or figure out how to eat others out of necessity, I am sure the cories will outcompete them in the same territory though and dominate the bottom the anchor cats won't be able to keep up with them.

Thank you for your insight.

I feed afternoons and nights multiple bottom tablets and frozen food. There should be opportunity for them to get ample food.

I'm not afraid of overfeeding, shrimp, snails and water changes will work itself out.

I suppose it would be a gamble if I do get them. There's no guarantee that they will or will not get food.

No matter how they are fed your experiences are that they are to slow/timid to get in a proper feeding ?

 

Thank you for your insight.

I feed afternoons and nights multiple bottom tablets and frozen food. There should be opportunity for them to get ample food.

I'm not afraid of overfeeding, shrimp, snails and water changes will work itself out.

I suppose it would be a gamble if I do get them. There's no guarantee that they will or will not get food.

No matter how they are fed your experiences are that they are to slow/timid to get in a proper feeding ?

Yeah, they are kind of "ambush" and "scavenge" and sit around and move a bit to change positions, they will go looking for food but they aren't fast about it like cories are. They can get bullied off of food also by other bottom feeders. They won't fight over food like cories or pictus cats would. They are pretty darn peaceful and easy going.