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The Mutant Goldfish  Enthusiast Posts: 191 Kudos: 31 Votes: 8 Registered: 23-Apr-2002   | [font color="#008000"]Is this catfish a good fish for a non-heated tank? I'm just curious...and, what size of tank do you think it would need to live in for it's whole life?  --- Born in radioactive waters, the Mutant Goldfish swims... Check out my profile to see my tank setup(s)! |
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OldTimer     Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005 | If this is the fish I'm thinking of then yes a cold water tank would be fine - however this fish gets huge in the wild - well over 25 pounds, so the larger the better. Not sure this is really a fish I would attempt to keep in an aquarium of normal house size capacities.  |
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| smantzer Big Fish Posts: 378 Kudos: 347 Votes: 10 Registered: 02-Nov-2004  | This fish is absolutely massive. Just google it-- these fish are huge, huge, huge. A pond of over 1,000 gallons may be good for it for life, I'd wager. But yes, they are coldwater fish, often mixed with koi to prevent tons of offspring (they eat the eggs), and would do fine without a heater  Last edited by smantzer at 10-Feb-2005 17:12 |
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Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | are those the ones that are caught by noodling?? ~ Mae West |
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baerfin  Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 64 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Oct-2003 | I had one for a year when I got Him he was about 2 inches, I had to get rid of him when he started eating kribs for lunch and grew to 14 inches in 1 year!!! He would eat 30 large algea discs a day! |
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| OpenHands Fish Addict Posts: 612 Kudos: 345 Registered: 13-Jan-2003 | I know someone who bought a cute little albino channel cat once upon a time for their spacious 75 gallon. Now it's a 2 foot monster that has devoured nearly every fish in it's cramped 75 gallon tank. I believe the owners are planning to put the catfish in a pond come springtime. |
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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i went fishing for channel cats. i largest i caught was a little over 40 lbs. good luck also in upstate Ny in my house's lake it has so big channel cats. feel free to take one if u want. lol  Chris Last edited by bettachris at 13-Feb-2005 18:45 |
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| Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003  | they taste great tho if u want a wild NA native catfish get a net find a creek n see if u cant get some tadpole madems small catfish that can b kept in tanks great fun to watch but not as pretty as a channel cat |
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| greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | doedog these aren't the ones usually caught noodling. Flatheads and blues are the one usually went after because they get bigger. Though they do catch them |
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| Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | bigger! :%) the biggest catfish I've caught here wasn't even 12"!! I still wouldn't want to stick my hand in any fishes mouth! ~ Mae West |
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