According to planetcatfish.com, they max out at 27". Since they grow extremely slowly (from what I've heard), I think it would be fine in a 225g.scorp;3964979; said:False! Megalodoras uranoscopus which was irwini before gets huge, thus a no to keeping it in 225g for life.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=143