horse trough tank

[jhope21]

:devil:i am planning on putting one or two channel catfish in a horse trough and i am not all that sure what i need to do.

 

[Lexi_D]

I would think a horse trough would be too narrow for such large fish... what are the dimensions? If you wanted to do that I'd go a bit smaller for fish. Also you'd need to clean it extremely well and get a pump/filter.

 

[jhope21]

it is 60 inches long & 40 inches wide & 24 inches tall

 

[wataugachicken]

too small to keep them in long-term. good for grow-out if you're gonna eat them though.

 

[finsNfur]

That is way too small.

 

[chenya]

If you have room, I would get one of the round stock tanks. The largest one that my farm store has is 9' x 2'. If I calculated right that would give you roughly 950-960 gallons. http://www.gardenponds.com/cponcalc.htm

 

[petluvr]

Are you planning to use one of those rubbermaid troughs? My sister works for rubbermaid and says that the rubbermaid troughs are lined with chemicals that can leach into the water and kill your fish. Just thought I would pass on the info

 

[Sploke]

Rubbermaid makes stock tanks that are made for holding water for livestock to drink. Many people have kept fish and turtles in them without incident (myself included)

 

[petluvr]

Mileage varies, rubbermaid will suggest not putting fish in them but YES I would agreee that many people have used them successfully.

 

[dixienut]

Are you planning to use one of those rubbermaid troughs? My sister works for rubbermaid and says that the rubbermaid troughs are lined with chemicals that can leach into the water and kill your fish. Just thought I would pass on the info

i have had commets in my rubbermaid trough for 2 years no problems,.. and they have breed many times,