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Upside Down Catfish
and
other Species of
Synodontis Catfish
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Upside Down
Catfish from us.
This video shows the dark silhouettes of two
Upside Down Catfish swimming under a piece of
driftwood.
This video shows a Synodontis nyassae catfish resting on a big rock.
Here is another Synodontis nyassae catfish looking for something to eat.
Scientific Name:
Synodontis
nigriventris
Comments
All Synodontis Catfish are very good aquarium fish. They get along
well with other fish, and they're
energetic, healthy, and interesting to watch. Many of them swim upside down, when they are excited or hungry. The Upside Down Catfish, Synodontis
nigriventris, swim upside down most of the
time.
There are many species of Synodontis catfish and all of them are usually nocturnal, so they need a cave or a piece of drift wood to live
under during the day.
Be sure the rocks or pieces of pipe and everything else you put in your aquarium will not contaminate the water.
Click
here
to read about how to avoid contaminating your aquarium.
Synodontis
Picture Gallery
The Upside Down Catfish, shown above,
is swimming around the aquarium
upside down. Upside Down Cats are hardy and energetic, rarely bother other fish and are rarely bothered by other fish. They often live for many years. Click
here
for more details about buying Upside Down Catfish and other wild fish from us.
A
very good
aquarium fish.
Synodontis
multipunctatus,
shown above,
whose ancestors
lived in Lake
Tanganyika in
East Africa, but
this fish was
born and raised
on a famous fish
farm. About 3"
in this photo
and can grow to
be about 11" in
a large aquarium
with good care.
A very good
aquarium fish.
Synodontis
eupterus,
shown above, which
was imported as
a wild fish from
West Africa.
This fish is now
about 1.5" long
and can grow to
be about about
8" long in an
aquarium. A very
good aquarium
fish.
So-called
Leopard
Synodontis
that may be a
hybrid. That is
to say, it
parents were
different
species of
Synodontis
catfish.
Appropriate
Home
An aquarium with at least 29 gallons of water, an
exterior
power filter with a BIO-Wheel, a maximum of 1/4 inch of
gravel, and an
aquarium
heater adjusted to keep the temperature of the water between 78 and 82 degrees F. Click
here for more about
warm water aquariums.
Synodontis
Catfish
enjoy Cichlid
Stones, which
are hollow
ceramic aquarium
caves that make
ideal homes for
Synodontis. Many
Cichlids, Loaches,
Eels, and Sharks
also love these
caves. Click
here for
more about
Cichlid Stones.
Recommended Diet
Floating Flake Food for Tropical Fish. Click
here for more about feeding fish. I feed these catfish a few live Black Worms every other day. Click
here for more about Black
Worms.
Size and Life Span
Upside Down Catfish can grow to 4" and sometimes larger. They live for 10 years sometimes longer. A friend of ours, Mr. Frank
Dayes, got some of the first Synodontis Catfish imported into the United States in the early 1950s and kept them for over 25 years.
Hello, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me about the upside down catfish. We have had ours for almost 14
years, can you tell me how long or how old the oldest upside catfish in captivity is or how long we can expect ours to live. I know for us it won't be a pleasant experience when
it does die, but was wondering how long we might have left?
Thank you for your help, Mrs. Lee Ann L.
Reply. Hello Lee Ann. Thank you for reporting about your Upside Down Catfish (UDC). You've had it for 14 years, so it's older than than that. It
was probably at least one year old, when you got it. That is just an estimate. If so, your UDC is now over 15 years old.
As mentioned above, Mr. Frank Dayes, told me he kept some types of Synodontis Catfish for over 25 years,
and I saw those Synodontis, but I was never sure what species they
were. Your UDC is a Synodontis
nigriventris. I think it may live for several more years and maybe for many
more years.
Good luck with your fish.
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were taken of our fish by DrTom Bailey, one of
the owners. Compare the fish in these pictures
to the fish in our competitors pictures. Their
fish often have clamped fins and poor color,
while our fish look healthy, energetic, and
colorful! We buy the highest quality fish,
produced by the best fish farms and
caught by the best collectors of wild fish, then
we take incredibly good care of our fish in our
advanced facilities. If you compare the fish
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