Looking for large community friendly cat... Suggestions?

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justarn justarn , thanks for that. I decided to go to PlanetCatfish and look up the Parauchenoglanis family and found Parauchenoglanis balayi also. I see this one on the Rehoboth list of fish so...
 
justarn justarn , thanks for that. I decided to go to PlanetCatfish and look up the Parauchenoglanis family and found Parauchenoglanis balayi also. I see this one on the Rehoboth list of fish so...
Just want to be careful with the identifications.
 
Just want to be careful with the identifications.
Well the hope is that the vendor has it correctly identified.... but there are no pics so that will be difficult. Also with what info I have found I hope that the cat does stay in the 15” range. Dont even know if I can even afford it, lol
 
Megladoras Iriwni are a good choice. They do get 18-24'' but are slow growers and are gorgeous!

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Well the hope is that the vendor has it correctly identified.... but there are no pics so that will be difficult. Also with what info I have found I hope that the cat does stay in the 15” range. Dont even know if I can even afford it, lol
Vendors often mis-ID rare fish. Because they trust the natives who catch the fish for them.
 
Vendors often mis-ID rare fish. Because they trust the natives who catch the fish for them.
I know there has been talk with the bichirs as to catch locations and what not, with many names given. So I know there could be a possibility of getting who knows what, lol.
 
I've seen that size irwini in the Marketplace forum a few times within the last half a year.

Toyin of Rehoboth Aquatics knows his stuff but fish do get often mis-ID'ed for sure, most often when an ID is a hard one. Moreover, many vendors tend to specialize in certain fish families and do not know other families, nor have the time to hunt ID for each fish they import.
 
Rapps has harlequin lancer cats. K krichardson how fast do they grow ? They get pretty chunky right ?
 
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Rapps has harlequin lancer cats. K krichardson how fast do they grow ? They get pretty chunky right ?
Those are cool looking cats.

I have been looking into irwini... I found one for sale but it is only 3 inches. It would probably need to grow out for two years before I could add it to the 300. Dont know if I want that amount of time having the growout tank going.
 
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