what kind of catfish should i get?

[The Menace]

what would be good to keep with 2 oscars and 2 jack dempseys? i already have a pleco and want something else.

TIA

[Karl]

i would go with a Synodontis Eupterus

[Rex Karr]

Aquarium size?

Eupterus is a nice fish. Very interestinf body shape and fins. I have several that are 7-9".

[The Menace]

my tanks is 55G, 48x12x22

[Karl]

are you planing on keeping all those fish in the 55gallon? if you are your tank is over stcked and you should take out the oscars.

[The Menace]

they will all be in the tank for the next few months.

would a fei feng be good?

[heath]

i have had good luck with bullheads...they are pretty cool fish too....dont want them with smaller fish though

[ludwig]

those bumble bee catfish work for me

[the209jungalist]

Try a striped raphael they are pretty and they have armor so they will not be eaten easily. I miss mine he died over the weekend.:(

[joey]

you should check out columbian sharks, they get up to 10 inches

[Solace]

Those columbian sharks are brackish/saltwater fish once they get older they really do prefer the brackish/salt environment.

Only thing with a Raphael is they tend to hide during the day so you wont be seeing much of that fish if it has a place to hide.

I would hold off on getting any more fish for that aquarium until you get a bigger tank. The jacks and a catfish would be cool in the aquarium but as others have mentioned oscars are a little/LOT cramped in a 55 gallon tank.

Edit:

Forgot to add if that is a common pleco he needs to be removed from the tank as well. They can grow much larger than oscars can hitting 24 inches + without problems. I would see if I could trade him for a different 'pleco' type if it is a common pleco.

[joey]

all you have to do is slowly convert it to brackish

[Neil N]

if you want a syno in there i'd go for something like a decorus, imo a very pretty fish

[joey]

WHATS IT LOOK LIKE NEIL N..?

[jims2cool]

Cories soem people are scared to do this but i have done this with Jacks, Sevs, Oscars, and other bigger cichlids at one time or another with no ill effects
but this is just my experience
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[usafschue]

schools of cories can handle themselves, theyre fast as the hades!