Polekostomus (catfish stuck, aquarium ambulance)

Płostomus is indisputably one of the most unique aquarium fish. He is very popular among aquarists because of a number of inherent features. This is an attractive coloring, and an amazing ability to clean even a completely uncleaned aquarium. Still it is necessary to note impressive ability to a survival, after all these fishes existed in an epoch of dinosaurs. Even the appearance of the pseudostomus speaks of their prehistoric origin. It's a great idea to have one of them in your tank. One such special mechanism is their mouth-sucker. With its help paddy stumps not only can collect food from the bottom and various wastes, but also be securely fixed in place, sucking to the surface. This gives them the opportunity during the rainy season to remain in their territory, while less adapted species of fish carry downstream a strong stream of water. During the dry season, when many reservoirs dry up, these soms help to survive yet another adaptive ability - the ability to absorb oxygen from the air. This is provided by a special structure of the intestine, which is permeated with many small capillaries. According to some information, these fish can survive outside the water up to 30 hours. What is also surprising is the ability of the paddles to move overland, for this they use their pectoral and caudal fins. They can travel long distances in search of a new home, when the rainwater begins to recede.
For the pseudostomies, an aquarium with a volume of 100 liters is required. As a substrate suitable fine smooth pebbles or coarse-grained sand, so catfish can not get hurt. They like fishes to hide in the thickets of plants. Living plants should be strong enough, for example anubias, ferns, cryptocarins, echinodorus. You can use floating plants, which will provide additional shading, as fish do not particularly like bright lighting. Obligatory presence of shelters (pots, potsherds, driftwood, ceramic pipes, etc.) where they can rest in the daytime when they are more calm, since these are night fish and are more active in the dark.

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У меня есть такие. Подскажите пожалуйста, можно их подселять к золотой рыбке, или к черепахам?

[@azgard]

К черепахам никаких рыбок подселять нельзя, ибо они хищники и рыбок быстро переловят. А вот с золотой рыбкой можно посадить, у меня они жили с барбусами, сиамскими водорослеедами, гурами, плекостомусами и ни с кем не конфликтовали.

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У меня с ним живёт большая золотая и анцитрус