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This will largely depend on which catfish and which loaches you choose and how you set up their tank. The most common loach that people buy is the clown loach. In my opinion it should not be offered for sale to beginners. It grows to almost a foot long and needs to be kept in groups. Needless to say it requires a very large tank. Provided they are given space and fed well, there is no reason other catfish cannot be kept with loaches, even large ones, but again this calls for common sense. Obviously, if you put tiny Corydoras hastatus (2.5cm adult size) in with foot long clown loaches, they will vanish overnight. However, most of the large corydoras are suitable to keep with most of the loaches. Virtually all plecos are 'loach-safe' but a lot of plecos can be two foot monsters - again, research the species before you buy and make sure you can accommodate it when it's no longer a four inch long cute suckermouth. Also, if you are going to put a lot of bottom feeders in your tank, you will need to feed accordingly. Feed food that sinks, either sinking wafers or pellets, or chunks of meat or heavy vegetables. I don't recommend feeding meat or fish often, if you want to provide protein, use shellfish meat. Plecos and most loaches are largely vegetarian. Use bulldog clips to hold down pieces of zucchini (courgette), cucumber, peas, pumpkin, broccoli, lettuce etc.
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∙ 11y agothey can and they will.. but why take the risk? catfish will control the population of your tilapia... so you need to decide catfish or tilapia?
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Is tilapia a type of catfish?
It is one in the same. Consumers have been fooled. The difference is a restaurant can charge more for an item named Tilapia than it can for an item called Catfish. Tilapia rings of culture while Catfish conjures up images of barefooted hillbillys.
Do neon tetras and catfish live together well?
Yes,Neon tetras and catfish live together well.
Can catfish and bluegill live together?
Yes. But large catfish eat small bluegill.
What animals are raised in aquaculture?
Betwee salmon, carp, tilapia, European seabass, catfish and cod which are the principal fish on aquaculture, tilapia has the higuest count of all.
Where do catfish live in the world?
catfish live in the sky and stuffz catfish live in the sky and stuffz
What type of fish are used for cooking?
my favorites are tilapia, chilean sea bass, rainbow trout, and catfish. but there are thousands
Does Tilapia eat catfish's waste Is this their main source of food?
Typically, the Tilapia served at restaraunts and grocery stores in the United States comes from domestic farms (produced here in the States), or South and Central America, and in some regions we get Tilapia from Southeast Asia. The Tilapia available here in the States is not grown on catfish waste, but primarily on formulated diets, usually high in protein relative to other animal feeds. Most of this protein comes from fishmeal (wild-caught) and from soybeans as well as other food crops. Occasionally a farmer may be producing Tilapia in addition to another species of fish. In this case, the Tilapia may be filling a niche on the farm, and eating uneaten feed from other fish or suspended solids on the water. Rest assured, however, that Tilapia here in the United States, whether it is produced here or not, is safe to eat...and delicious! more info: Tilapia is a fish that is extremely mild in flavor [ if grown on a farm ] they can almost literally live any where , so long as the water temp does not go below 60 degrees F . If catfish AND tilapia were in a pond and the water lost ALL of it oxygen the tilapia will come up and "gulp" air . The catfish will die !! So most areas require a permit to grow them in the USA , because they are omnivores they eat everything !! so virtually every fish would starve if they were around and the local ecosystem would collapse.
Can algae eaters and Siamese fighting fish live together?
ya but some of them be together like guppy, sucker mouth catfish etc
How will a largemouth bass refin pickerel and yellow perch live together and maybe a channel catfish?
Wait one more thing forget the catfish its either the pickerel or the catfish not both what would you suggest this is the person who rote the question
What are the names of herbivores?
Some of the fish that are herbivorous are shellfish, tilapia, and catfish. Being herbivorous means they do not eat other fish in the sea.
Can frogs and catfish live together?
No i doubt it. Pretty much anyting bigger than a frog will eat a frog.
Can tilapia live in fresh water?
Depends on the species of tilapia some can actually do quite well in water reaching the same salinity as sea water. Nile tilapia is the least saline tolerant; 15ppt Blue tilapia = 20 ppt Mozambique and Red tilapia grow well at 33 ppt (~ full strength)
