Cory cat question

[hetha]

Hi all, I heard (from a pet store associate) that their spikes can be poisonous if another fish eats it. Is this true?

[bevoman]

Not poisoness but can get stuck in the fishes mouth that tries to eat him. That happened to me with my Texas and I had to take him to the vet so they could use their small pliers to get it out. He would have died if not for the vet.
Do not put cories in with large semi-agressive to agressive cichlids.

[rsabatini]

bevo I'm with ya,I owned an oscar a few years back beautiful albino red,he was at that time 5-6 inches the cory was full grown at about 3inches with plenty of hiding spots on the bottom the oscar attempted to swallow him and the fins got caught and stuck in his mouth,I tried to free him with no luck,from some brief research ive done, these catfish are as poisonis as i'm rich,and im in the military,figure that out,hope this helps.