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Old 05-06-2017, 12:36 AM   #1
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Hii im back to fish keeping hobby and stumble upon 2 Giraffe Catfish at 3" of size in the tank and decided to just bag both home!!

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Old 05-06-2017, 03:51 PM   #2
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active and hardy bottom dwellers.
their active scavenging reminds me of the handheld vacuum cleaners
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Old 05-06-2017, 04:41 PM   #3
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active and hardy bottom dwellers.
their active scavenging reminds me of the handheld vacuum cleaners
hahaha im thinking of feeding them Hikari Tropical SINKING CARNIVORE PELLETS ! any other suggestions of the feed?
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Old 05-06-2017, 05:12 PM   #4
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they eat anything and everything edible.
floating, sinking
meat based pellets, wheat germ pellets, algae wafers.
Market prawn, worms, shell, debris.
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they eat anything and everything edible.
floating, sinking
meat based pellets, wheat germ pellets, algae wafers.
Market prawn, worms, shell, debris.
Haha sounds very like the RTC! Haha
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Old 06-06-2017, 12:27 AM   #6
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Very nice giraffe catfish.
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Old 06-06-2017, 12:34 AM   #7
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cute looking beaus
how big do they grow to?
are they terretorial and safe with discus or goldfishes?
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Haha sounds very like the RTC! Haha
The biggest difference is they dont try to swallow their tankmates
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cute looking beaus
how big do they grow to?
are they terretorial and safe with discus or goldfishes?
thnks
Max size easily more than 2feet.
They are too active for goldfish and discus. The goldfish and discus will lose out during feeding to these greedy cats...

U can see adult ones in the river safari.
Heres an example adult i find online.
But, it would take a long time to grow to this size in our fishtanks.

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Old 06-06-2017, 01:09 PM   #9
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Very nice giraffe catfish.
Thank you!

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The biggest difference is they dont try to swallow their tankmates
Haha glad to hear that!! last night i throw pellets they not eating yet, tonight i will see how it goes again. they are always below my drift wood!
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Old 07-06-2017, 12:31 AM   #10
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How much did you pay for one ?
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