Megalodoras Irwini

[mattlee]

does anyone own one of these awesome cats? a place im going tomorrow has 1 in stock

 

[SBL]

For your tank, I would adise not to unless you have a big tank, I like the look of rapheals and these are what I want with a 1000USG pond.

 

[mattlee]

got a big tank

 

[simonas]

I;ve seen full size specimens in the Blue Planet aQUARIUM. A stunning catfish!! get it

 

[mattlee]

I;ve seen full size specimens in the Blue Planet aQUARIUM. A stunning catfish!! get it

thye do look amazing. think it will finish my tank off nicely once ive removed 1 of my jaguar catfish

wouldnt like to get caught by those spikes though

 

[kizno1]

These things get huge. IMO way to big for even a 6x2x2. They get 28" not including tail so i think you would need atleast a 8x4x4

 

[mattlee]

These things get huge. IMO way to big for even a 6x2x2. They get 28" not including tail so i think you would need atleast a 8x4x4

it maybe something i can move on if it gets too big. im sure it wont get from 6 inch to 2ft overnight. i could give it a great home for a few years at least. ill give it some thought but im very tempted. its not every day these cats get imported .

 

[kizno1]

These things get huge. IMO way to big for even a 6x2x2. They get 28" not including tail so i think you would need atleast a 8x4x4

it maybe something i can move on if it gets too big. im sure it wont get from 6 inch to 2ft overnight. i could give it a great home for a few years at least. ill give it some thought but im very tempted. its not every day these cats get imported .

They are fairly slow growing but im not sure how easy it will be to find it a new home once its 12" long and outgrowing the tank.

 

[mattlee]

These things get huge. IMO way to big for even a 6x2x2. They get 28" not including tail so i think you would need atleast a 8x4x4

it maybe something i can move on if it gets too big. im sure it wont get from 6 inch to 2ft overnight. i could give it a great home for a few years at least. ill give it some thought but im very tempted. its not every day these cats get imported .

They are fairly slow growing but im not sure how easy it will be to find it a new home once its 12" long and outgrowing the tank.

maybe a tank upgrade in a couple of years might do the trick ill ask Ross at oddball express today when i go to see if they are going to be the 2ft fish that planet catfish say. im sure a 2ft specimin would be a wild amazonian caught fish not a tank raised fish but who knows.....20 inches and below should be fine and wouldnt be much bigger than cats like shovelnose etc....

 

[simonas]

move al ot less than shovelnose as well

how bout a giraffe cat? I;ve always wanted a tank big enough to house one of these?

 

[mattlee]

move al ot less than shovelnose as well

how bout a giraffe cat? I;ve always wanted a tank big enough to house one of these?

yeah did think of these when i was at wharf as they looked stunning and were quite a decent price.

ive contacted oddball express and he said the biggest megalodoras he has ever seen in a tank was 18 inches so this is a good size for my tank.

 

[rdp50734]

They have one at Birmingham aquatics thats close to 20". Stunning cat although the one the have there is fairly inactive. Depends on what your looking for.

 

[mattlee]

They have one at Birmingham aquatics thats close to 20". Stunning cat although the one the have there is fairly inactive. Depends on what your looking for.

i seem to go for the stealth cats i just love the look af the megalodoras with its spines and colouration etc and the fact it looks so hard but is so peacefull is a bonus...... it also sounds like a dinosaur

active would be nice but then if they are all over the place then the tank could look a bit crazy.....

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

I read at planet catfish that they prefer 21-24C, nice looking but huge catfish!