would the catfish create a lot of waste?
2007-05-31 16:54:08 · 7 answers · asked by Joey D 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
He'd be large enough at birth to probably eat them so not a bright idea. As with most carnivores he would be a messy tank mate and would probably outgrow the tank.
AJ
2007-05-31 17:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by andyjh_uk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the fish is small right now (they usually are sold at 2-4"), realize he'll get over 2 feet and need a much larger tank than your 55 gallon. And any 2 foot fish produces a LOT of waste. Many stores aren't selling the channel cats any more because of their large adult size and lack of places willing to take adult fish of their size.
I raised one of these from a 3" size to 20". He was in a 300 gallon native fish display for several years, then was "retired" to a 150 gallon custom tank that has a 3' x 5' footprint. All the time he was in the display, he had minnows, darters, sunfish, suckers, killifish, mosquitofish, and bullheads for tankmates (he's still in with two bullheads) and never ate a tankmate. He may have been the exception rather than the rule for compatibility, but mine was happy to eat pellets and left the other fish alone. The only fish he didn't get along with was a 7" carp, but this was more territorial bullying than trying to eat him.
2007-05-31 17:35:28 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once he's large enough to feed on them, you can forget about having those tetras and danios anymore. And blue channel catfish only need to be a few inches to hunt a fish the size of an adult danio.
2007-05-31 17:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by ibewhoever@yahoo.com 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just a little heads up. High bodied tetras (black skirts) are rather nippy, and I never recommend mixing the two to any of my customers. I've seen a bleeding heart kill a betta in 5 mins by eating it's fins. It really depends on the personality oth the fish, but I would be inclined to stick with elongated tetras. . . better safe than sorry.
2016-05-18 01:52:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would eat his tank mates & probably out grow that tank in time. We had a Red-tail Cat that went from 2" to over a foot in about 8mths. He grew up with cichlids that bullied him & as soon as he was big enough, he ate them all...as well as my arrowanna that was almost twice his length.
2007-05-31 22:23:33 · answer #5 · answered by ~*~MudPrincess~*~ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The catfish will have a heardy supper!
2007-06-03 20:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by Guy E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would eat them all.
2007-05-31 16:57:38 · answer #7 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋