Hello there. I am looking to find information on one of my fish. I got him/her maybe 2 months ago and I can't find much on it. My dad's friend gave it to me saying it was an upside down catfish. I thought he meant a synodontis but it turned out to be Mystus Leucophasis. No one I know knows anything about them nor do any LFS around me. I have never seen them sold in a LFS either. I wonder how he obtained this fish... But anyway, any kind of information would be nice. What size tank minimum, how big do they grow, what kind of food, tankmates, environment etc would be much appreciated! Also, it is a rare type of fish to obtain or not many prefer to keep?
My dad's friend kept it in a 5 gal tank but gave me this mystus and a syno because they were getting too big for it. I put the mystus in my 55gal tank. I learned the hard way not to keep angelfish and mystus leucophasis together. Luckily it was only fin damage and all my fish in the 55 gal are doing great.
Currently in a 20gal tank with
-1 synodontis nigriventris (maybe 1-1/2 to 2 inches; came with the mystus and I guess they get along)
-1 gold gourami (4 inches; looking to rehome)
-3 danio kaythit (2 inches each; very temporary, moving to 55gal)
The ML is about 4-5 inches itself.
Here are some pics
Can anyone tell what sex it is?
Some of the damage to my babies :<
My dad's friend kept it in a 5 gal tank but gave me this mystus and a syno because they were getting too big for it. I put the mystus in my 55gal tank. I learned the hard way not to keep angelfish and mystus leucophasis together. Luckily it was only fin damage and all my fish in the 55 gal are doing great.
Currently in a 20gal tank with
-1 synodontis nigriventris (maybe 1-1/2 to 2 inches; came with the mystus and I guess they get along)
-1 gold gourami (4 inches; looking to rehome)
-3 danio kaythit (2 inches each; very temporary, moving to 55gal)
The ML is about 4-5 inches itself.
Here are some pics
Can anyone tell what sex it is?
Some of the damage to my babies :<
ive had mine like 2-3 years now. it is a gorgeous black. I very rarely see mine during the day. Although if i wake up in the middle of the night, it can be seen chasing the other fish around and swimming from one end of the tank to the other. they have great personality though. I love mine, bought it as a misc syno. but grew into something completely different
I'll try some of those foods and see what it likes. Hopefully I can find another tank (or worst case, give some fish away be it the mystus or other fish). In the 55gal I have now, I have 2 angelfish + their fry, 10 inch pleco, 2 german blue rams, a gold gourami and I'm going to put my danios in there. I don't think moving those fish (minus the pleco) to my 20gal would be comfortable for them while putting in the 2 catfish and keeping my pleco in the 55... :<
