New Fish?

[Mynor]

Hi Guys!  I consider myself a newbie.  I was given this catfish for my 55g and I do not know anything about it.  The guy told me it will do well being the only one.  He said it was a albino catfish. Can’t seem to find one that looks the same on the web.  

[CorydorasEthan]

13 minutes ago, Mynor said:

Hi Guys!  I consider myself a newbie.  I was given this catfish for my 55g and I do not know anything about it.  The guy told me it will do well being the only one.  He said it was a albino catfish. Can’t seem to find one that looks the same on the web.  

Hey welcome to the forum! Also nice to have more newbies! "Albino Catfish" is an extremely generic term. It could mean anywhere from an albino cory to an albino walking catfish (look it up its a real fish). But thankfully the pictures show enough for me to identify it. This is almost certainly a member of the family Callichthyidae, which includes Corydoras catfish. I would say it is an albino variant of the species Megalechis thoracata, also known as the hoplo catfish. It is a great fit for your 55 gallon, growing to 5 inches max. They are peaceful community fish and will do fine with tetras, rasboras, barbs, dwarf cichlids, livebearers, angelfish, plecos, and more. I would say get it a few friends of its type, but if you can't find any more, go for Corydoras catfish as well. I hope this helps, and good luck!

[Mynor]

Thank you  for your help!  I have 8 skirt tetras (3 black, 3 white & 2 glo) 10 cardinals and 2 dwarf gouramis.  

[CorydorasEthan]

4 hours ago, Mynor said:

Thank you  for your help!  I have 8 skirt tetras (3 black, 3 white & 2 glo) 10 cardinals and 2 dwarf gouramis.  

Those all work with the catfish you have!