How big is yours?
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s. multies get 6", i wouldnt recommend getting them unless you have a large tnak and can get a large group, if you only have 1 you will never see it, id suggest synodontis petricola for a smaller tank they only get 3" so you could get a school and you would get to see them, they also look almost exactly like multies
thanks again SoulFish. Took myself off to planetcatfish.com and they reckon 6.4" for multis and 5.2" for petricola, so there's not much in it. There is however a dwarf species of petricola which grows to 4", this might explain the confusing information.
petricola do seem to prefer a lower temp, 22-24, whereas the multis prefer 25-26, which is just about where I want it for the cichlids. Classic tang biotope guide actually says 27.5
one other key factor in this is that the LFS has multis but not petricola, let alone dwarf petricola. I also saw today a gold version of the multi (2 in the tank) but they were £50 a go!!
...and then finally when you think planetcatfish.com is your oracle, they list syno angelicus as 6.4" - yeah right! ;-)
so I'm thinking 3 multis in my 48 x 15, that's enough substrate for 'em and they can have a cave each even though they'll probably sleep on top of each other.......but will I be able to sleep tonight?
petricola do seem to prefer a lower temp, 22-24, whereas the multis prefer 25-26, which is just about where I want it for the cichlids. Classic tang biotope guide actually says 27.5
one other key factor in this is that the LFS has multis but not petricola, let alone dwarf petricola. I also saw today a gold version of the multi (2 in the tank) but they were £50 a go!!
...and then finally when you think planetcatfish.com is your oracle, they list syno angelicus as 6.4" - yeah right! ;-)
so I'm thinking 3 multis in my 48 x 15, that's enough substrate for 'em and they can have a cave each even though they'll probably sleep on top of each other.......but will I be able to sleep tonight?
