What catfish is this
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Ah no biggie lol...I've wondered why a member's location didn't automatically show on the screen with all the other information.
It's good to have the option to do so if one prefers lol.I block mine.
Yes when looking at it I got the impression it was quite old and fully grown so maybe any further growth would be a very slow process, the venomous sting is a little off putting to say the least though lol.
No venomous sting on clarias batrachus. I think someone has the wrong fish.
Try planetcatfish.com
Try planetcatfish.com
Oh that save it feeling is coming back ? , my friend is going to the store tomorrow, I'll get him to send me a pic of the actual fish and update the thread to double check I got the right pic , but this is looking promising thank you.
They do get bigger. Heres an old female i lost a year or so ago. 52cm with half its tail ripped off.
This is sad
I unfortunitly lost this huge walking cat today or over the night. Came down and turned the lights up in my aquarium local. As usual i chucked some pellets for my 6 pigs but only 5 of them got nuts as usual. Netted this one up dead as a stone. She prob died out of age. She was well over 12...
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They do get bigger. Heres an old female i lost a year or so ago. 52cm with half its tail ripped off.
This is sad
I unfortunitly lost this huge walking cat today or over the night. Came down and turned the lights up in my aquarium local. As usual i chucked some pellets for my 6 pigs but only 5 of them got nuts as usual. Netted this one up dead as a stone. She prob died out of age. She was well over 12...
They might be venomous but they do have a spine. From wikipedia:
"This fish needs to be handled carefully when fishing it due to its hidden embedded sting or thorn-like defensive mechanism hidden behind its fins (including the middle ones before the tail fin, like the majority of all catfishes)."
From planet catfish:
"pectoral fins each with a serrated anterior bony spine"
Most smaller catfish do have spines that may be venomous. The effects, however, are mostly negligible. It's the puncture that counts and the venom, even if clarias batrachus does have it, causes only a mild discomfort. You may get pricked and may get an infection, if I were you that's what I would watch out for.
