Ellectric cat

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I recently purchased one after giving up on trying to find an electric eel. I do not regret my choice. They are cute and have lots of personality. They enjoy napping in a dark cave and I would recommend red night viewing lights since they are mostly active at night. They will eat massivore and any frozen food.


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got my two in today. will try to get pictures up soon. Happily eating frozen blood worms. Spitting out pellets right now but will soon change that.
 
thebiggerthebetter said:
It looks like they either do not grow larger or, more likely, they do not survive into adulthood, perhaps in part due to incompatibility issues.
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I've had mine for 3 yrs, started from 2" and she's now over 12" and lives in a 55 gal with a school of tetras and a shoal of barbs and two plecos. But, when I had put her into my larger tank, she started to harass the larger fish. I started out with two housed separately, but ended up keeping the more plump and round one which I think is a female.

I want this fish to survive to adulthood, so if she gets any bigger, will have to move her to 100 gals. A guy on Youtube had a healthy one, and then he posted a vid of it dying at about a foot long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkI2JT6kr_8

Is there anyone who's had one for a long time, I'd like to hear from your experiences. Thanks.
 
Nice!

Great vid find, thanks.

I too am highly interested in any and all of these stories of successful raising e-cats into adulthood or at least to over 1' size.
 
Glad you liked. Just a hunch, but I think when this catfish's growth gets stunted at 12" in a smaller tank, then they don't survive long. Their internal might organs still keep growing in their stunted bodies perhaps, and that might be why they die prematurely. Any thoughts?
 
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