help with baby catfish

[ash9494boo]

i went to the river last week and i found i baby catfish that is about 1 inch and black.what should i feed it? water requirements?

[ash9494boo]

bump any help is appreciated

[pinkertd]

Not sure, but why don't you see if you can find some information on freshwater catfish fry & feeding on the internet. If you can't, I'd offer it any kind of regular tropical fish flakes, pellets or sticks. I can only tell you that tank-raised catfish (cories) will eat just about anything.....like little garbage disposals.

[swinneyw]

if you got out of the river its a cold water fish it would eat sinking pellets when it gets bigger it will eat smalller fish

[toddnbecka]

Native species will eat just about anything your other fish will, catfish do well with some spirulina flake or wafers occaisonally. Tmep isn't critical, though obviously a heater isn't necessary. Water mainly needs to be changed regularly and the tank kept clean, same as any fish.

[benzjamin13]

Feed it frozen bloodworms. I find that most fish can't resists them when they're young. It's more likely a Bullhead which are predatory. Try to post some pics up, you might've caught a Madtom which are pretty small.

[biggs48]

you can try corn aswell. Makes great chum for catfish and is easy enough for them to eat i'd imagine.

[ash9494boo]

ok thanks everyone.its been eating flakes that go to the bottom. i think it is a mud cat.

[kyryah]

Personally I would be very careful bringing home wild fish. Many cats can reach 50" or more - what are you going to do with it then????

Kristina

[ash9494boo]

i have 50,000 gallon pond if it gets to large for a tank.

[toddnbecka]

If it is a mudcat, aka yellow bullhead catfish, they don't grow as large as most other species, but will most likely be a good candidate for the pond eventually.

[ash9494boo]

ok thats good to know thanks