How many habe you have had good experiences with the combo and how manynof you have had bad ones?....going to be adding a pair of rays with my vulture
Vulture catfish with rays
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Never having rays and not paying much attention to them, I've only heard of one problem reported by Jeff Rapps when his rays got chewed up by a vulture catfish.
In general vultures are a safe gamble but a gamble nevertheless, my impression is...
In general vultures are a safe gamble but a gamble nevertheless, my impression is...
I have vulture cats with my rays... so far so good.. it's only been a few months but they don't seem to care for each other (rays and the vultures)
Are they called "Vultures" for a good reason? I only know what I saw of them on "River Monsters". Chewing on Rays?? Perhaps they are too stupid to realize they are not dead, or dying, just lazy and hiding? Your guess is as good as mine
They are called vulture because they are an ultimate scavenger with a unique dentition that allows them to take bites of flesh out of animals, dead or alive.
That's why many fear to home them with other fish. But IME, this fear is 99.9% unfounded based on the empirical observations by fish keeping community.
Vultures have another telling nickname "machete catfish".
Can read more here, in general and on my 6-pack: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ultures-and-5-black-ears.675034/#post-7584959
That's why many fear to home them with other fish. But IME, this fear is 99.9% unfounded based on the empirical observations by fish keeping community.
Vultures have another telling nickname "machete catfish".
Can read more here, in general and on my 6-pack: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ultures-and-5-black-ears.675034/#post-7584959