For Monster Fish Keepers Eyes Only: Wells Cats!

[bigguapote]

That's funny. I let the dog out in the yard, but don't see him anywhere. The yard is totally fenced in, and he's not swimming in the garden pond either.
That darned catfish!

But they are only 5-6" size now and so cute.

http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/images/glanis.jpg

http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/images/glanis1.jpg

[ceeej31]

when i saw these on your stocklist i was smiling ear to ear definitly true monsters:headbang2

[BRYANT MONSTER]

]V[onster cats nice

[Gr8KarmaSF]

:drool:

[Noto]

Man, what are you going to keep those beasts in when they grow up?

[Bottomfeeder]

WOOT WOOT
Wels Catfish

[groovitudedude]

Preparing the lake-in-the-back-yard, I presume? ;)

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Just a reference for people! :headbang2

http://z.hubpages.com/u/241924_f520.jpg

[MultispeciesTamer]

dang no way can i house one of these but how much do the cost? j/w

[MultispeciesTamer]

nevermind i went to your site nice monsters hope to own one day

[Ransom]

if only i had a spare tan........public aquarium....:p

[mkman]

Has anyone ordered one of these Wels and if so, how is it doing?

Thanks

[monstermansj]

****in sweet

[jartist15]

so cool! wish i had a lake

[gigas12]

Hi,you really need a lake to keep s.glanis!

[r3d]

so if the people at petco are right i can put this guy in a ten gallon and his size will stunt? ;)

[Mr.Kiet]

so if the people at petco are right i can put this guy in a ten gallon and his size will stunt? ;)

Well according to the "1 inch per gallon rule", you dont need a 10g... a 6g tank is good enough.:nilly::popcorn::headbang2

[gigas12]

Hi,a 6 gallon would be great if you d multiply it by a million times!

[packer43064]

Just a reference for people! :headbang2

http://z.hubpages.com/u/241924_f520.jpg

I could fit that in my 125. No problem.:ROFL:

[gramskunk1]

and thats how you catch them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRRvpdop9w

[Yanbbrox]

Any one got a small lake for these beasts? I fished a few waters with them in but never caught one

[DiXoN]

one of the members on MFK in the UK tried to get/keep one legally over here but kept getting turned down for a license, he even knew the people who assessed the applications. he was going to keep in his back yard pond.

[Will Hayward]

Arapaimamag has/had one in his 50,000gal tank.

[Will Hayward]

I beleive he once commented that it was his most dangerous fish.

[oscar n redtail cat]

what about these 2 :naughty:

http://brotherhood-of-catfishermen.com/catfish/messages/66/899061.jpg
http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aquarium/silurus_glanis_2x.jpg
http://www.hacienda-angling.com/images/cat8.jpg

:naughty:

[JinROH88]

so cool! wish i had a lake

My sentiments exactly.

:OMG:I can't wait till the day you raise that baby into a REAL MONSTER:headbang2

[mkman]

they grow very slowly, does Arapaimag own one? I've checked his thread and haven't seen him mention anything about a wels.

[Will Hayward]

they grow very slowly, does Arapaimag own one? I've checked his thread and haven't seen him mention anything about a wels.
All 400 pages? :P

[mkman]

haha I may have missed a page! I will have to ask him

[stingray-guy74]

nicccccccccccccccccce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Death Pony]

and thats how you catch them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRRvpdop9w

So, do you use just your upper arm, or whole upper body with wels?

[Wieg]

very cool

[uncwnells]

you dont noodle a wels catfish, the wels catfish noodles you.

[Acheloos]

Noodling is not practiced in Europe, probably also because the wels normally don´t live in water where you could just wade or dive to search them, and surely because they would be often too big (and perhaps nobody had the "great" idea to invent such a sport). They are either caught with hook and line (fish, worms, squid and even innards as well as some plastic or metal baits are good) or with nets. In earlier times they were also caught with harpoons.

[mkman]

I don't think a human could even noodle a 140-200+ wels.......you'd be dragged down and drown.

[Acheloos]

Yes, it is very hard to lift something when you are in the water and don´t have the ability to swim.

[Mr. Grumpy Gills]

how large of a pond are you going to make?? you could make your own river in the back yard. make it circular and have pumps to get it flowing.

[mkman]

why should the pond be circular? For paddlefish yes because they can smash their paddles but for wels not needed. Something long and wide should be good.

Either way my little guy has some time to grow and then off to an even larger growout tank then into a massive above ground pool!

[Acheloos]

It should be really big. Let´s assume a wels will grow to 1,5 m or perhaps 2 m in warm climate after several years. You should a pond which is at least several times longer than the fish´s length. At 2 m it should be at minimum 6 m or better 8-10 m and a corresponding width of at least 3m. But I think a circular pond is really not such I bad idea, I also already thought about it. Of course not with streaming water like a river, this would need way too much energy and would have no use for a wels, because they don´t need streaming water. But in a circular pond with an island or observation-room with windows in the middle, you could give it the impression of a much structurated habitat, where it can swim longer ways. I have already looked at swimming pools, which are comparably cheap compared to their huge water volume (a pond would not really be much cheper). A round pool of about 6 m diametre with a little island/observation-room would surely look very cool. You would also need only a comparably small area for the pool. Of course there should be decoration in it, sand, stones, roots, water plants etc.

[D-WALT]

baby (V)onsters!!!:headbang2

[Mr. Grumpy Gills]

either way it will be awesome. GL

[Pfisherman]

are these wels fish available for purchase in illinois? idk about the legality of them, are they legal I guess is the question.

[blurock]

All 400 pages? :P

I sat down and read all 400 pages in one sitting once (breaks to get food and such...) but pulled an all nighter... that was fun.
Don't ask me what most of it said though! :screwy: I was too tired by the end of it to retain any of it:ROFL:

[shenzhenluohan]

I totally respect these fish and anyone who can keep these to their best ability! Gigas be damned these guys are hands down, the king..

[tcarswell]

It would be really cool to observe these rare monsters in a proper aquarium habitat.

[chloe]

soooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous!!!!!

[mkman]

Wels are awesome cats :)

Can't wait until mine hits this size:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izqmFP_cEVA&feature=channel_page

[phillydog1958]

i saw a monster fish series tv show dedicated to the beastly wells cat. they are huge . . .

[Diogenes]

Noodling is not practiced in Europe, probably also because the wels normally don´t live in water where you could just wade or dive to search them, and surely because they would be often too big (and perhaps nobody had the "great" idea to invent such a sport). They are either caught with hook and line (fish, worms, squid and even innards as well as some plastic or metal baits are good) or with nets. In earlier times they were also caught with harpoons.

Thank god somebody from the deep south (from Bama meself) had the insight to create the sport...no...art of noodling.