Battle Catfish!!! What is it?

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Prodigal Son

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So I appologize for not taking a picture already, but I'll try and get one up. I picked up a very wierd catfish yesterday that nobody at the store knew anything about. I have it in a 26 gal with a betta trying to figure out what it is and whether it would be suitable for the big community tank.

So here's the deal: It was refered to as a "Hurushuqui" cat, though I can't find any info about that. It's about 5" with a brown color, thick bony plates on a very pointed head. The nerve line is topped by a sawtooth set of barbs that start small by the gills and get progressively larger as they go back. It looks downright evil, though I'm not sure he's so bad. The betta he spent the night with would swim right up to him and he wouldn't react.

So any thoughts? What on earth is this guy!? :nilly:
 
hmmm... looks like he's peaceful enough for the big tank. There's a bunch of tetras in there that might become food, but that's not a huge issue. My 100 gallon is 60" x 14" x 18" iirc, so he should be good in there for a while. There's a ton of caves and hiding places under the plants and some other decent sized catfish to play with. 2 lace cats, a bumblebee and a trio of hefty sailfin plecos.

Any guesses on how long it will take him to hit a foot? He should be good in the 100 until then. I guess I'll be seeing how well the plants are rooted by the time he gets bigger!
 
They grow at a descent rate but nothing as crazy as a Red Tail, probably about 1"-1.5" a month, with proper conditions. I've heard of them growing a little faster but 1"-1.5" seems about average.
 
excellent! Always nice when the impulse buys work out ok :D My other catfish think the 100 gallon is heaven, so this guy should fit right in. At that growth rate I'll have plenty of time to build a monster sized home for him later. Maybe he can be my excuse for a tropical pond one of these days :naughty:
 
they have one at my lfs about 5 inchs for 35$ thought about buyin but i didnt
 
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