Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: danotaylor on July 17, 2020, 11:56:16 AM

Title: What is this beast?
Post by: danotaylor on July 17, 2020, 11:56:16 AM

Anyone know what this dinosaur is?

Title: Re: What is this beast?
Post by: danotaylor on July 17, 2020, 12:44:23 PM

Answered my own question...oxydoras Niger, aka ripsaw catfish!

Title: Re: What is this beast?
Post by: Brianyfishguy on July 17, 2020, 09:09:53 PM

Wow super cool looking

Title: Re: What is this beast?
Post by: danotaylor on July 17, 2020, 10:27:02 PM

It is Brian, and at 15" still small from what I have read about it...in the wild it grows to 36"! Fortunately the tank I will inherit with this cool cat is 500gal and 10'*3'*2.5'...it should get bigger and have plenty of room to move as it grows!

Title: Re: What is this beast?
Post by: Brianyfishguy on July 18, 2020, 07:12:16 PM

Wow that will be amazing he is so cool I lo e the patterns on him hes like a sturgeon a real dinosaur fish.

Title: Re: What is this beast?
Post by: danotaylor on July 19, 2020, 01:09:10 AM

I know mate, in super pumped. I've been cleaning this tank twice a month for 18 months and this was the first time I had ever seen it. I have seen its tail back in the rock pile, but never it's head or body. 1 of the auto feeders over balanced and tipped over so when I arrived to discover this I put a bunch of pellets in and during the ensuing feeding frenzy this guy came right out and hoovered up a bunch of food. So cool! 8)