I had two together in a tank and they both rarely showed themselves during the day but I could coax them out every now and then with a few sinking pellets....and that was if the tank lights were off.
"The Mega Megalodoras race, who will Irwinni?"
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I been doing some bright moonlights and tapping on the top. I get them both swimming around during feeding time!
Also my 2 always lie together, feed together and follow each other around the tank so i would say they like a friend or 2!
IME the number of them doesn't matter to their reclusiveness. In general they are a strictly nocturnal, highly reclusive fish. They love to eat and when comfortable would come out for feed often but even that not always. An irwini swimming around leisurely, like that of Justarn shown above, is a huge exception to the rule IMO.
They are called giant raphael catfish and raphael catfish are renown for their maniacal hiding.
Well my Irwini's cruise all night long! They are packing on 1" a month. I hope they slow down this growth rate or I'm gonna have to throw them into a pond!
Would everyone please update sizes on theirs!?
Our 5-pack is around 16"-18" and this is 5 years later! Justarn's OP is from June 2014, when ours were around 12". What a pitiful, pitiful growth of 1" or less per year
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, check our how yellow the OP fish is, also in the UK, haha... coincidence?
Excellent ? that's what I was expecting actually and growth slow down after the 14"-18" mark.
I been feeding every night and these guys come to the top for food.
Also mine came in skinny so some of the growth I'm seeing is just girth.
I was thinking if they don't stop growing soon I'm gonna end up cruising them to your big tank Victor!
I been feeding every night and these guys come to the top for food.
Also mine came in skinny so some of the growth I'm seeing is just girth.
I was thinking if they don't stop growing soon I'm gonna end up cruising them to your big tank Victor!
That's the difference. Mine are very reclusive and prefer to feed without leaving their hides, whatever feed the tank current blows into there. Hence great growth versus dismal growth.
Mine have been scarred badly for a few years in a 4500 gal where they couldn't cope with assertiveness of some tank mates so all they did was lying in a hudle for weeks and months not coming out anywhere.
You keep them as long as you possibly can and enjoy them
As for your visit which you had already threatened me with, what feels like already a couple years ago, I am still waiting for that... haha
Hope your folks doing ok and it was worth the coast to coast move.
Mine have been scarred badly for a few years in a 4500 gal where they couldn't cope with assertiveness of some tank mates so all they did was lying in a hudle for weeks and months not coming out anywhere.
You keep them as long as you possibly can and enjoy them
As for your visit which you had already threatened me with, what feels like already a couple years ago, I am still waiting for that... haha Hope your folks doing ok and it was worth the coast to coast move.
I understand totally!
I'm really hoping that they grow much slower!
I been totally stuck in Miami no doubt I'm hoping to see my bro and the fishkeeping legend one day!
I'm really hoping that they grow much slower!
I been totally stuck in Miami no doubt I'm hoping to see my bro and the fishkeeping legend one day!
Its been a little over a year with my Irwinnis! The female is 15" and has some girth and the male is 12" and slimmer.
They were both really skinny and probably 7"-9" when I got them.
They were both really skinny and probably 7"-9" when I got them.
