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krautstyle · 05-22-2007, 03:12 PM

I have one I caught at a local pond and brought it home as a joke!

It ate all the other fish in the tank (go figure) and it lives all alone and eats a worm every othr day etc....

Im looking to get a filter system for my 130 gal. and then he will reside there

PADavid · 05-22-2007, 03:26 PM

What species? They are freaking incredible predators - and much more aggressive then most people realize

slim357 · 05-22-2007, 04:24 PM

When i was younger I put a channel cat in a small pond it took to it nicely. Maybe a bit to nicely. The pond had mostly small mudcats and pan fish. After about two weeks I stopped seein so many pan fish

texasbasser · 05-22-2007, 10:21 PM

I currently have one in my aquiarium, and it lives happily with 3 bluegill and a bass about 6 inches long... Every week I go down to the pond and catch a bunch of small minnows and dump them in there, the fish just go crazy over them.

tb

krautstyle · 05-23-2007, 03:34 PM

I think its a channel.... not too sure.. But hes happy

Granny Fish · 06-04-2007, 12:47 PM

They will eat anything smaller than themselves. Funny, most people think they are just scavengers, but they really prefer live food.

slim357 · 06-05-2007, 06:07 PM

i dont know granny ive catch way more on cut bait than i have on live bait

krautstyle · 06-27-2007, 02:17 AM

Hes still alive and kickin.....
31 platys
18 feeder goldfish
countless worms.....

RnRCircus · 06-28-2007, 10:16 PM

I had a blue channel cat and that fish thrived and ate every fish it could get in its mouth. When I got bored with fish in my other tanks I'd feed them to the catty. It was sad day when he finally died. I bought him at pet store when he was 2" long and he was about 12" when he passed away.

krautstyle · 07-02-2007, 08:10 AM

Well I can inderstand the sadness. I used to have a albino channel cat also...
I heard they secrete a hormone or ensyme (sp?) that if not watched carefuly in a tank that it will drive them insane? He loved to eat crawdaddys

dustylee2323 · 11-09-2007, 11:46 AM

I used to have 2 striped bass in my fishtank,they would start going crazy as soon as they saw a nightcrawler on the other side of the glass.They were doing great untill my 3yr old son poured 5pnds. of sugar into the tank.
R.I.P. Stripies.

05-22-2007, 03:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
krautstyle Fisherman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 10	cats as pets? I have one I caught at a local pond and brought it home as a joke! It ate all the other fish in the tank (go figure) and it lives all alone and eats a worm every othr day etc.... Im looking to get a filter system for my 130 gal. and then he will reside there

06-27-2007, 02:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
krautstyle Fisherman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 10	Hes still alive and kickin..... 31 platys 18 feeder goldfish countless worms..... __________________ "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea..." Genesis 1:26

06-28-2007, 10:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
RnRCircus Fishmaster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 94 Rep Power: 12	I had a blue channel cat and that fish thrived and ate every fish it could get in its mouth. When I got bored with fish in my other tanks I'd feed them to the catty. It was sad day when he finally died. I bought him at pet store when he was 2" long and he was about 12" when he passed away. __________________ The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants...Albert Camus

07-02-2007, 08:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
krautstyle Fisherman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 10	Well I can inderstand the sadness. I used to have a albino channel cat also... I heard they secrete a hormone or ensyme (sp?) that if not watched carefuly in a tank that it will drive them insane? He loved to eat crawdaddys __________________ "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea..." Genesis 1:26

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05-22-2007, 03:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
PADavid Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks, Co. PA Posts: 454 Rep Power: 43	What species? They are freaking incredible predators - and much more aggressive then most people realize

05-22-2007, 04:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
slim357 Fishing King Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern Va alexandria Posts: 208 Rep Power: 23	When i was younger I put a channel cat in a small pond it took to it nicely. Maybe a bit to nicely. The pond had mostly small mudcats and pan fish. After about two weeks I stopped seein so many pan fish

05-22-2007, 10:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
texasbasser Fishing King Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Texas Posts: 185 Rep Power: 21	I currently have one in my aquiarium, and it lives happily with 3 bluegill and a bass about 6 inches long... Every week I go down to the pond and catch a bunch of small minnows and dump them in there, the fish just go crazy over them. tb

05-23-2007, 03:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
krautstyle Fisherman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 10	I think its a channel.... not too sure.. But hes happy

06-04-2007, 12:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Granny Fish Fishmaster Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 87 Rep Power: 13	They will eat anything smaller than themselves. Funny, most people think they are just scavengers, but they really prefer live food.

06-05-2007, 06:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
slim357 Fishing King Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern Va alexandria Posts: 208 Rep Power: 23	i dont know granny ive catch way more on cut bait than i have on live bait

11-09-2007, 11:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
dustylee2323 Junior Fisherman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cedar Rapids,Iowa Posts: 8 Rep Power: 4	I used to have 2 striped bass in my fishtank,they would start going crazy as soon as they saw a nightcrawler on the other side of the glass.They were doing great untill my 3yr old son poured 5pnds. of sugar into the tank. R.I.P. Stripies.

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