Who Else Keeps North American Catfish?

divemaster99

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Wondering who else on the forum keeps any or has kept any catfish native to the us and North America. I myself just got my first native cat the other day, a 4" Yellow Bullhead and even though the only way I see him in his quarantine bin is by removing his sponge filter I still love him already :). I'm already interested in getting maybe a madtom for the creek tank I'm setting up. And also, if anybody is keeping or has kept flathead catfish please share your experience(s) since I'd love to know how those beats do in (assembly quite large) aquaria. So who else keeps our native catfish such as bullheads, channels, blues, flatheads, madtoms, maybe even blind cats, or any others?
 

thebiggerthebetter

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I keep channels and southern brown bullheads. Blues and flatties are a distant dream at the moment.
 

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Oddball what'd you do with all of those blue cats?
 

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My absolute favorite catfish is the blue cat, Ictalurus furcatus. I've had several. Here are a few pics of my most recent:

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divemaster99

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Nice cats guys :). I'd love to get a giant stock tank and put a blue and flathead in it someday.
 
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