Catfish tank mates

Saw a small Red tail catfish, and thought of buying it for my tank. it's really small in size. but i'm wondering, will it eat up the rest of my other fishes when it grows bigger?

the fishes in my tank are primarily silver dollars and cichlids

[amiidae]

Yes. Just a matter of time.

oh guess i gotta drop the idea then

[gavin]

they are fast grower and they will eat anything that fit into their mouth...

Originally Posted by gavin

they are fast grower and they will eat anything that fit into their mouth...

really...trying to find out abit more about catfish. btw, are they blind? my friend has quite a big catfish and when it's feeding time, i noticed that even though they see the food they don't swim towards it. but when it's feelers touches the food it leaps to eat the food?

[gavin]

Originally Posted by gang

really...trying to find out abit more about catfish. btw, are they blind? my friend has quite a big catfish and when it's feeding time, i noticed that even though they see the food they don't swim towards it. but when it's feelers touches the food it leaps to eat the food?

I use to own one RTC in my 6ft..
I got it at the size of 5".. In less than 2yrs time it hit abt 2.5ft...
The amount of food they take is scary.
I dun think they r blind. mine even swim up to my hand and grab the food from my hand..

Originally Posted by gang

really...trying to find out abit more about catfish. btw, are they blind? my friend has quite a big catfish and when it's feeding time, i noticed that even though they see the food they don't swim towards it. but when it's feelers touches the food it leaps to eat the food?

they are not blind, just poor eyesight