redtail catfish in kiddy pool?

[geo]

I was just wondering if it would be possible to take one of those hard plastic kiddy pools and fill it with water, set up a filter/hiding places, and make a tank for a s.a. redtail catfish (or any other large fish)? I dont have any large fish, and I dont think I'll get any, its just an idea. I was going to get a dwarf caiman once, and its water area was going to be a kiddy pool.
georgio

 

[Ledslnger]

Maybe a full sized pool. A red tailed cat will get over 3 foot in length. Too big for a kiddy pool. You need awesome filtration for them and a good supply of food. Be very prepared before you ever get a RTC. I would suggest a 480 gallon tank to start with plans to upgrade down the road.

 

[geo]

well, maybe some of the smaller (But still quite large) catfish? I'm talking about those kiddy pools that were maybe 3 feet deep and 6 feet in diameter, they were made with hard plastic, sold for about $20?

 

[demon_surfer]

i thought about something like that too, i dont know about catfish but maybe a koi or 3? or some other river fish that dont get as big as the catfish?

 

[geo]

lemme know if you end up trying it.

 

[andruboz]

i was at the local feed store yesterday pricing some heavy duty drinking troughs for horse and cattle. the manufacturers of kiddie pools really don't expect them to last more than one or two seasons, but these big ole tubs for watering animals are pretty durable. the plastic ones look better, but the metal ones made me think i could wrap some sort of heating device around them and maintain water temps without having a device that had to be submerged. a 40 gallon plastic oval was $35. i didnt check the price on the 100's, 250's, but they had quite a selection.

one of the tropical fish hatcheries uses concrete casket holders used by cemetarys as monster fish tanks but that seemed a little grim to me.

 

[geo]

man, that sounds awesome. I wish i lived in texas

 

[VoodooChild]

Whatever happened to Mojo? He had a red tail (or did) in an indoor pond.

 

[Sabrina]

alot of the "heavy hitters" and really experienced people havent been around for a while?? they no love us anymore???

 

[aquariaddictus]

You can go to mojo's site and read all about his pond, see pics, and request his plans. It's 1600 gallons, I believe. I would think long and hard about buying a red-tail; mine died yesterday - we were building a 6'x8', 780 gallon indoor pond for her. See the 'Sparky' post in chit-chat. A good 'starter' pond would be the oblong Rubbermaid 300 gallon watering trough for livestock. I don't think they cost that much (maybe $150) and you would have some depth (about 2.5 feet), AND they are STURDY.
judy