fleshgear Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 i have 5 synodontis petricola one is a little under 3" and the others are about 2" I do have a 45 gallon cichlid tank with some 3 elec yellow's 3 strawberry peacock, 4 neon blue peacock, and 4 blue peacock. the last 8 are still small. this tank still has not been set up for long, only a month and still seems to be doing some weird things. not sure what but i don't want to risk putting 5 synodontis petricola in there. I have a 77 gallon planted community tank with some female betta's 3 angels, some swords a few guppies, 1 killi, 5 orange laser corys, about 20 otocinclus algae eaters, and one black molly. can i put the synodontis petricola in that tank? and will they be happy? i read that they are a peaceful fish unless the fish are much smaller than them. there is no caves or anything like that in there, but i could throw something in. maybe a cheesy decoration or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 They should be fine, as long as you add something for them to hide in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James (Western Canada) Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Like Jason says, they should be fine....make sure you have some caves, driftwood, etc, and you shouuld be fine. But watch those Angels, cuzz they become DEVILS the minute they pair off, and will pound anyone that comes near the spot they have chosen to lay eggs........ James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishful Thinking Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 The synos are pretty smart at hiding when threatened and they have the barbs in case things get rough, so I think they would be fine with some cave-like structures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkangel Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I've had synos in my comunity planted tank for about 3 years with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottomdweller_fan Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Like Darkangel, I have had S. petricolas in a planted community tank for about 2 years and they have been no problem at all. They really like to hide in the rock caves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshgear Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I really like those fish. I would rather just keep them in the comunity tank all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I don't see a problem with them being in a community tank either. My lucky petricolas have tons of rock work to play around in, that would be the most important thing. I would only worry about them eventually knocking around more delicate plants and possibly uprooting them when they get bigger, but they might not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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