Butter Catfish tank size: what is the minimum?

A tank with a footprint of at least 180 × 60 cm.

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Butter Catfish

Ompok bimaculatus

The Butter Catfish (Ompok bimaculatus) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Siluridae. It lives on the bottom, between 0 and 2 m deep. It grows to 45 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded). The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened. In the aquarium it is kept at 20–26 °C.

Size: 45 cmstandard length, tail fin excluded
Temperature: 20–26 °C
pH: 6.0–8.0
Tank footprint: 180 × 60 cm

In the aquarium

Temperature20–26 °C

pH6.0–8.0

Hardness4–28 °dGH

In the wild

Water type: Freshwater
Climate zone: Tropical
Habitat: On the bottom
Aquarium trade: Traded commercially

Depth

surface

0 m2 m

Conservation status

Classification

OrderSiluriformes
FamilySiluridae
GenusOmpok
SpeciesOmpok bimaculatus

Quick answers

Butter Catfish size: how big does it get?: It grows to 45 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
Butter Catfish tank size: what is the minimum?: A tank with a footprint of at least 180 × 60 cm.
Butter Catfish water parameters: what does it need?: Temperature 20–26 °C, pH 6.0–8.0, hardness 4–28 °dGH.
Butter Catfish: is it endangered?: The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened.