I'll be getting to spotted brown bullhead catfish on Friday. The fish are about 5in. I'll be keeping both fish in a 75gal tank with florite gravel with plenty of caves. I'll be getting a 180gal by next year. Will the 75 be ok? Also what temps should they be kept it? I live in pa and was thinking of no heater all year round. Any additional care tips would be great
Thanks a lot!!
Mike.
Bullhead catfish.
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, Sep 05 2012 11:01 PM
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 06:45 AM
Welcome. 5 inch bullhead are primed to grow some, that's for sure, but you would be OK in the 75 for a while. And yes, definitively you do not need a heater if these fish are in a house where people survive, the cats will be fine (in fact, I strongly recommend no heater for any of our natives). As far as additional care tips, you will need plenty of structure (they will likely hide a lot) and plenty of filtration (they are kinda messy eaters),
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 12:02 AM
A couple more tip. Bullheads will grow big. Mine two bullheads are around 10-12 inches after starting at 3-4 inches and with my other 2 fish a bit crowded in my 55,
Another tip. In my experience bullheads don't die, ever. They can survive almost anything short of major injury (they are the highlanders of the fish world, practically immortal unless you chop their head off). Heck, i heard tales of ponds poisoned for fish control having bullheads afterwards, and bullheads being used to stir bottom sediment in sewage treatment ponds (they didn't die off until spring turn over when changes in water and gasses got too bad for them). Bullheads seem to be among our most hardy fish.
Another tip. In my experience bullheads don't die, ever. They can survive almost anything short of major injury (they are the highlanders of the fish world, practically immortal unless you chop their head off). Heck, i heard tales of ponds poisoned for fish control having bullheads afterwards, and bullheads being used to stir bottom sediment in sewage treatment ponds (they didn't die off until spring turn over when changes in water and gasses got too bad for them). Bullheads seem to be among our most hardy fish.
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 07:25 PM
Bullheads don't care what you feeding to them, they will eat that. I've feed them with betta pellets, goldfish flakes, shrimp pellets, frozen foods, cichlid pellets, expired fish foods, triops food, live foods and algae wafers.
I've caught them with catfish bait paste and preserved baitfish. I even open their stomaches up and have few plastic worms and lures in them.
I've caught them with catfish bait paste and preserved baitfish. I even open their stomaches up and have few plastic worms and lures in them.
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 12:01 AM
Best tip for fish like that is change water. Lots of it. Very often. Feed them enough and change enough water and you'll learn very quickly that the old saying "fish grow to the size of their tank" is complete bs!
I learned that the hard way
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