Meanest Nastiest Catfish in your opinion.

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Just saw the thread on Asian RTC. In your opinion, what are the top five meanest nastiest catfish swimming? I think my top five are-

#1- Crystal Eye or Black Devil Catfish(M.wyckii)
#2 Asian Redtail Catfish
#3- North American Flathead Catfish
#4- Walking Catfish (Clarias, spelling is off the top of my head)
#5- Wallago attu (Tahpah aka Killer Catfish)~Not terribly mean, IMO.

I think the top three could be rearranged completely,depending on the individual fishes personality. Just my opinion. Thanks
 
Cool thread here's mine.

5) Gibbiceps Pleco or Adonis Pleco
4) Goonch (bagarius)
3) Flathead
2) Wyckii
1) Wels
 
The meanest I've ever kept was a Jau, zungaro zungaro…
 
1- H. wyckii
2- H. wyckioides
3- Z. zungaro
4- P. olivaris
5- A toss up among several.

The first four are easy, but at #5 there are a bunch of contenders that depend on personality; including goonches, several Brachys, several sheetfish, etc.

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From the number of catfishes I've kept the most aggressive has to be my bagarius suchus... Mine is only 8inch at the moment but it has a super nasty attitude
 
Cool thread, my wyckii is pretty mean but ive heard of clarius being worse.. nice to see some opinions, ive not kept many so I will reserve my list. My suncat will bite my midas' face too, pretty mean mofo at 12 inch!

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Cool thread, my wyckii is pretty mean but ive heard of clarius being worse.. nice to see some opinions, ive not kept many so I will reserve my list. My suncat will bite my midas' face too, pretty mean mofo at 12 inch!

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Lol, when I kept cichlids with my bullhead he'd often go up to the cichlids and yawn in their faces.
 
Haha, the suncat full om attacks, I mean water splashing around and that biting thud noise you can hear outside the tank lol.... not happening regularly but if an amph trys to claim an area he lets em know he can go anywhere!-)

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Meanest I've had was a big clarius had to get rid of him in the end because it would terrorise my other cats and birchir

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