Catfish and Plecos
Red-Tailed Catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Photo: Mattia Nocciola · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank10000 l
- Adult size130 cm
- Difficulty★★★★★
- TemperamentAggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Origin
- Amazon and Orinoco Basins
- Size
- 130 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 4 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★★★
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Aggressive (it will swallow any fish that fits in its mouth)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 10000 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous; does not reproduce in the aquarium
Notes: Sold at 5 cm and grows to over one meter: unsuitable for any home aquarium. Public aquariums no longer accept specimens. Do not buy it.
