Sperata Aor

[cenecker]

Forgive me if I spelled that wrong I don't feel like looking it up .

I've been eyeing one at my LFS for like a year and I talked them down to selling it for 50$

The only info I can really find on it is a planet catfish. I was wondering if anyone owns one or has had any practical experience with them. The info I found says they grow to over 6 ft Right now he's right around a foot...anyone have experience on thier growth rate? aggression?

Thanks everyone.

 

[necrocanis]

I would love to get one myself, but I would have to special order one.

 

[MikeS]

hi!

well, I've the same problem as you I searched for Infos about Speratas, but I didn't find anything...
But now I ordered some from India, I hope that they'll arrive, soon. So I want to see how they behave and how large they could get. Fishbase and Planetcatfish say about 180cm, but I can't believe it. If they would get so huge, they must be famous angler fish, but I can't find pics of large ones.
We will see

 

[cenecker]

I'm really enjoying mine so far - hes very active and not too aggressive. He was at the LFS for seriously like 2 years and he only grew from like 6" inches to about a foot. So I don't think he's going to be 6 and a half feet any time too soon.

 

[DJC776]

I have a 18" one and he is a mena bugger now. Nowhere near as bad as my heterobranchus longifilis, Wykii and Asian red tail but still bad enough to warrant his own tank. Wharf aquatics in the UK had an even bigger one that was returned as it had ragged a large Giraffe cat