tank mates for my new catfish?
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In three months this tank is moving. So if in three months he is big, he will go back. I have zero problem with him outgrowing the tank, I'm just keeping him for now. In a year, I'll be graduating college and all my tanks will go by the way side. This is by no means a permanent situation. I always find good homes for my fish when I move, but I just like having something temporary. When I bought him she gave me no indication that he would get nearly this size, so yeah, he's just gonna sit there and get big until I move. If I get anything else in that tank that will actually fit, those things will move with me, just like all my other fish have in my other tanks.
yea, they were about a foot long too
The catfish was about a foot-n-a-half at the time. Still don't know how she managed to fit them in her mouth. They were in a 225 gal tank, plenty big enuff for em. After the incident we moved and got rid of the 225. Worst idea ever BTW.
well, as long as you know they get to big for a 20. i would just leave the 20 with just a catfish.
From now on I would not release ANY aquarium fish into the wild. They can carry disease that can affect the wild populations. Many invasive species have been released into non native waters and have reeked havoc on the ecosystem.
the catfish came from a stream that flows into the Schuylkill and it went into the Schuylkill. i see no problem with that, especially since it ate all my fish. BTW, this all happened when I was 10-11 years old. years ago anyway, I didn't know squat about fish-keeping, and only recently (since coming to this site) learned that i was not doing a good job with my fish back then (overstocking, mixing fish that shouldn't be mixed, ext). Back then it was mostly trial and error for me. I know now that i should't release tank fish into the wild, didn't know back them.
haven't done it since then, prob never will (unless its a tank with nothing but wild fish and water, unlikely)
Personally, if i was the local fish, i would be more worried about being dinner then getting sick
