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Originally Posted by importracer Years back, I recieved a nasty shock from an electric catfish....The bastard was only a juvenile at 4inches....I mean this guy was small so he could'nt really "SHOCK" me, right, WRONG....Scenario:55g, bare, just him.....He was at one end, and I was the other....I was scrubbing algea off the glass....All of a sudden I felt jolt of something running through my arms to my shoulder....Obviously it was the catfish....My arm froze for a split second and then was released.....  |
This reminds me of this LFS I go to for my equipment. I was explaining to them about my black ghost knifefish in my tank living with all sorts of smal fish and catfish and cories. I got it when it was about an inch long and it was stocked together with neons which were all still alive after a week so I bought it. I explained to them to their amazement that it didn't attack or eat anyone of my other fishes even till it grew to 8" long. And soon the topic turned to the fact that this fish gives out a weak electrical field to hunt, suddenly all the sales people eyes turned to one of the salesman....Then some one said "If you wanna know about eletricity, ask that guy. The idiot stuck his hand in a tank full of electric catfish.....like 50 of them." I'm just trying to imagine what it felt like...........