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</DIV><H1>Salmontail Catfish question</H1><DIV id=Qtextbox><P><STRONG>Author: FishFan</STRONG><BR><BR>Do Salmontails usually stick to one corner of the tank or do they usually swim about? (I've seen smaller ones which constantly swim about and i have seen rather large ones which tend to stick to one corner of the tank)

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What kind of foods do they eat?

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Do they go well into tanks with other fishes? say for example south americans?

</P></DIV><H2>Replies »</H2><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: YeW2001</STRONG><BR><BR>Hi FishFan -

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Salmon cats are quite peaceful - but they are highly predatory in that if it is a small fish they will consider it a prey item. Larger fish IME are completely ignored by these fish. So they do ok in community tanks with larger fishes (large south american cichlids, silver dollars etc).

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</DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: junek</STRONG><BR><BR>i had a salmon tail, i got it at about 5cm and it lived its life on one side of the tank. it would swim around in circles with its nose against the glass all day! as it grew, it kind of grew out of this behaviour, but it always had one area of the tank it would stick to.

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they are a pretty cool fish - they get to know u and will stick their head out of the water at feeding time for more attention / food. be careful, tho, they grow BIG, QUICK!!

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i fed mine sinking tablets for bottom feeders, and they scavenge around for leftovers.

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hope this helps

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jamie

</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: hungsta</STRONG><BR><BR>I had one,

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They never use to chew

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I kept it for only a short period of time and it grew to 15cm.

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And they eat alot, i would always try to feed extra for my other bottom feeders but the salmon would keep eating.

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Great fish if u have space

</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: The Cichlid Man</STRONG><BR><BR>When they get older they tend to do that, can also depend what is in the tanks with them.

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Regards,

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Ben

</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: gianniz</STRONG><BR><BR>mine gets startled every now and then and it upsets me greatly!!! it goes berserk and distrupts the whole tank.

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</P></DIV><DIV id=Atextbox><P><STRONG>Author: moscowoscar</STRONG><BR><BR>i just gave mine to a mate for his new tank and mine would never stop going up and down the glass all day all nite long even my mate says damn that catfish is very active

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