Sorry, I misread, i thought you were talking about striped. The spines on giants look like they’d hurt, but either way I think that the catfish would have to control the spines and would only hurt a fish if it wanted to.
Giant Raphael Catfish
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I suspected that that was it.I dont get the name though it is a totally different species than the Raphael cat.
Sometimes the irwinis are called that name.
Having been raising 6 irwini for the last 5 years, I'd say all tank mates are safe in the vein of this thread. But no one can predict freak occurrences. In any case, the irwini lateral line scutes cannot be fathomed to cause a bad injury, just a superficial scrape or abrasion, if any.
Having been raising 6 irwini for the last 5 years, I'd say all tank mates are safe in the vein of this thread. But no one can predict freak occurrences. In any case, the irwini lateral line scutes cannot be fathomed to cause a bad injury, just a superficial scrape or abrasion, if any.
I’d say more chance of clown loach hurting a knife fish with his cheek spines in this setup to be honest!
For those of you who want to see a giant raphael catfish, here are two videos of them. Start at the 1 minute 13 second mark on the first one:
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Those are some fearsome spines on the side!
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Those are some fearsome spines on the side!
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