Catfish – Rendahls Eeltail

The colouration of this native catfish can be either mottled or silver-olive. Easily kept, suitable for a community tank of medium to large fishes.

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Features of Rendahls Eeltail Catfish:

• A hump back appearance. The eyes are positioned closer to the tip of the snout
• Appearance can vary from a mottled light grey to smooth dark colour
• Very hardy and easy to care

The Best Aquarium Size for Rendahls Eeltail Catfish:

Rendahls Eeltail could be kept in a tank as small as 200L. However, it depends on the size of your fish. And also, if you want toset up a community tank, you have to increase the tank size.Nice tank brands you can consider:

• Yiding Tanks
• Aqua One Tanks
• Fluval Aquariums
• Oceason Aquariums

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Tank Mate Compatibility:

Peaceful, one of the less active Plotosidaes kept in captivity. Not an aggressive fish, but larger specimens may be territorial amongst themselves.Suitable for a community tank of medium to large fishes.

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Feeding :

Rendahls EeltailCatfish will accept most foods, sinking algae wafers and pellet. It will also appreciate to have somelive and frozen fare such aslive blackworms, frozen bloodworms,aquatic insects (midge larvae) and micro crustaceans. You can search Catfish foodin ourHigh Quality Fish Foodscollections.

Tank Setup:

Aquarium Filtration

A good filtration systemis necessary forfish to thrive.Slow currents suit them best, not in high-Flow tanks. Here are some great ones to consider:

• 307 Performance Canister Filter By Fluval
• Classic External Canister Filter 2215 (350)By EHEIM
• Oase FiltoSmart 60
• Oase BioPlus 100
• Aqua One 1000 External Canister Filter

Heater

Heateris an option,keep your tank water temperatures between 18 – 27 C. Thermometer is recommended to monitor the water temperature.

Substrate

Soft sand is a good substrate for catfish tank.A variety ofSubstratesare available at Coburg Aquarium.