The way I see it is if the world didn’t want me to have the fish they wouldn’t let me on that site or in that store, the world wants me to buy that fish 
Impulse buys
- Thread starter Kelly_Aquatics
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Swung by the Petco after a long day of work on the way home with about 20mins before they closed to kill some time.
Saw a beautiful orange and brownish spotted pleco at about 2in. Had a "Rainbow Pleco" sticker. Asked an employee if that was this guy I was looking at, he grabbed down a manual flipped through and said yup, max size 4in. And that's how I ended up with my now 16in sailfin.
Saw a beautiful orange and brownish spotted pleco at about 2in. Had a "Rainbow Pleco" sticker. Asked an employee if that was this guy I was looking at, he grabbed down a manual flipped through and said yup, max size 4in. And that's how I ended up with my now 16in sailfin.
Great thread idea!!!
Leiocassis siamensis. I had no clue that they were venomous. I got stung and it wasn’t fun. A wasp sting is a walk in the park compared to these guys. I gave them away for free. Gorgeous fish, though.
Leiocassis siamensis. I had no clue that they were venomous. I got stung and it wasn’t fun. A wasp sting is a walk in the park compared to these guys. I gave them away for free. Gorgeous fish, though.
Lol you do know that all catfish are venomous to some extent right? Just some more so then others. All of em that I know of have a mild nerotoxin in their spines which is designed to cause a long lasting throbbing pain. Least to say it's painful no matter how shallow the wound they cause is. Had it once where a bullhead stuck me in the side of my knuckle all the way down to the bone, that wound ached and throbbed for over 4 hours straight before the pain finally started to subside.
As I read this, I’m looking at my 4 inch raphael happy that he is my most dangerous catfish. ?
Lol them bad boys hurt. Had one once where I was moving him into a new tank and he pinched my thumb in-between his body and spine. Then to make matters worse he started to thrash around sawing that spine into me slowly. Granted their venom is pretty weak compaired to most catfish that I've been stung buy. Lol even Cory cats have worse venom.
doesnt seem fun either way. makes me wonder how bad my stinging would be
Venom needs to be injected, so as long as it doesn't break skin it won't harm you.
