African Tiger Scat advice?

[BullTerrierChild12 2]

My lfs is carrying a 2” African tiger scat and I’m wondering if I’d be able to purchase it regarding some circumstances.

I have read that this species of scat can tolerate full freshwater and only get around 6-10 inches in captivity. I wanted to see if one can work in my 75 gallon freshwater aquarium consisting of various catfish, as well as hardy festivums, Severus, and other South American cichlids. If I could have someone support or refute these claims about the fish and let me know if it’s an acceptable idea or not, I would be very thankful. I was already told it would work by an employee.

 

[Magnum Man33 147]

I wonder if anyone told the fish… 30 years ago, scats were all listed as brackish… I’ve also been thinking about them, as I have extremely hard alkaline water

 

[GaryE]

They are a euryhaline species, evolved to move between salt and fresh.

What's brown, sounds like a bell and is a Scat's natural diet?

Dung.

Scat means dung and phagus is eating, so they are easy to feed...

My 'gut' reaction would be a no, since your SA Cichlids don't need the kind of hard water a euryhaline scat would need. They can live in fresh, but not fresh that isn't very hard. It's the kind of fish that gets its own tank. Years ago, a friend kept argus, and they were cool fish. He didn't have them long, but that may have been his own doing.

 

[BullTerrierChild12 2]

Ok, thank you!

 

[Magnum Man33 147]

if I get that corner 90 gallon tank I mentioned in another thread from Mrs. friend, she thinks it should go into one of 2 corners, in the living room, as far away from my RO water source, as I could get in the house… so it would be most easily serviced with the hose I use to fill well water into my sword tank… so most practically that tank would be a well water ( rock hard, alkaline ) tank… the swords are thriving in that water… I thought I may try some scats… I had 3 different varieties, when I had tanks 30 years ago, and maintained a couple brackish tanks… we’ll see if it works out with Mrs illness, if I have time to collect the tank…

out of stock from this supplier, but the care part of the description seems to indicate thriving in fresh water

African Tiger Scat (Scatophagus tetracanthus)

This rare relative of the more commonly seen Green and Red Scat is found only along the East Coast of Central Africa and Madagascar, where it is found in environments ranging from pure fresh to almost full strength marine waters. Unlike other species of Scatophagus, the Tiger Scat appears to...

www.aqua-imports.com

 

[Magnum Man33 147]

back then I also had mono’s which I see are also listed as transitional between salt, brackish, and fresh water today… so that may be a possible tank mate….