Polyopterous And Hoplo Catfish?

[Deroplatys]

Ive always wanted a birchir, the smallest thing in my tank is a pair of hoplo catfish, could they be kept together when their larger?
Whats the smallest fish allowed in with an Ornate bircher?

 

[SBL]

I see no problem. The Hoplos will grow big enough and it takes time for an Ornate to reach full potential

 

[always4lora]

Ornate's do grow pretty rapidly up to over a foot then slow down. As they topout around 20inch ish in the aquarium and can swallow pretty large prey i wouldnt trust it with to much that doesnt get at least a 1/3rd of its size.