Stripped Raphael Cat
- Thread starter Charney
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pretty much loners, i have one in my 75g with africans. they really like hide, you may only see it once a month if that. but there pretty cool do a good job cleaning and i happened to see some full growns ones at Aquarium Oddballs in Tulsa and they kinda just lay around. But one i fine
I have two of these guys in my 50G community tank. Simply amazing fish - mainly because they never bother anybody else - except that they probably dont seem to enjoy the sight of their own kind. I guess these fish max out at about 4 - 5"
I've seen pictures of river ones that were pushing RTC size (about 3'.) I have a spotted one and he hasn't grown a whole lot since I got him. He's only about 3" and I've had him for more than a year.
The big ones you saw were probably megaladoras species. The common raphaels are very small, and never get very big at all. Megaladoras are often refered to as giant raphaels.
here's two links one to the common stripped raphael and the other to the giant!
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=166 reg rapheal
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=143 giant rapheal
here's two links one to the common stripped raphael and the other to the giant!
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=166 reg rapheal
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=143 giant rapheal
Gotcha. So are striped raphaels a different species from a spotted or do they just have a different color pattern?
I have one Raph in my cic tank, he only comes out at lights off time, but is quite happy to jig about with everyone else and he's quite a nice looking fish.
but also have a agamix and that stay hide