Recommend Me A Catfish

[zoeb2912]

looking for a fish for the bottom half of my tank.
 
water is hard, 60L any ideas?
 
thanks

 

[Ninjouzata]

Pygmaeus, hastatus, or habrosus cories could do. Possibly panda too. Not all of them together of course. What are the dimensions of the tank? Another one would be hara jerdoni/asian moth catfish.

 

[zoeb2912]

tank is 24 x 12 x 12
 
love the hara jerdoni but on SF it says they prefer softer water, same as cories, but just the size i am looking for.

 

[Ninjouzata]

Sorry I totally skipped over that your water is hard. Do you know the actual level of hardness? Also most fish can adapt, especially if you buy them locally they will likely already be used to the water.
It's easier for soft water fish to adapt to hard water than it is for hard water fish to adapt to soft water, I think.
 
If your tank was just a smidge bigger you could do red lizard catfish. I want some of these one day >.<
 
I imagine your best bet may be a small synodontis but I have no idea which one would be small enough for this tank. Sorry am not of much, if any, help!
 
*Edit* I found THIS but I am not sure how easy they are to find.

 

[zoeb2912]

from memory when I had my  last tank up it was about 8-9 ph and hardness 98 - 130 mg/l as Ca
 
no thanks its good advice, appreciate it x
 
ETA My test kit should come tomo and i can get exact results. x