Catfish and Plecos
Striped Catfish
Mystus vittatus
Photo: Dmytro Oleksii · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Bagridae
- Origin
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar
- Size
- 20 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- bottom – middle
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (eats small fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Dark horizontal stripes and long barbels. Active and somewhat restless; best kept with fish of similar size.
