I took my 5 year old daughter to a nearby river recently to swim and go fishing. I brought a net along just in case I came across any small catfish, which I am still collecting (trying to get one of each of the Catfish from VA, except madtoms, as babies to raise in my koi Ponds). Sure enough the second rock I picked up had a baby flathead under it. I was shocked to find one so quickly. I have tried to find them a number of times with no luck so I was pretty excited. I ended up finding and catching one more and they are exactly the sizes I want, 2-2.5 inches. I also found 3 channel cats about the same size and was able to catch one. Needless to say we never got around to rod and reel fishing. When we weren't swimming we were looking under rocks for catfish. I brought the catfish home and they ate pieces of earthworm a couple hours after I put them in the tank. I have them in a 40 breeder for now till they get a little size. Then I will move them to the koi pond. I was wondering what the best way to quarantine them would be? And I was also wondering if anyone has had any luck getting flatheads to eat prepared food? If so what was your strategy? I'm willing to feed them live, but it would be nice if they would eat prepared stuff or even fish from the grocery store. Any advice along these lines or others would be appreciated.