GETTING MY FIRST GULPER CAT!!

[quasar]

hey guys!

As you can tell from the amount of capitals in the title, I'm finally getting a gulper catfish!!! It should be in by next Thursday/Friday

So a few questions,

First: How fast do they grow?

Second: What should I feed it? I have shrimps from costco (with shell) and silversides. Should I try massivore too?

Third: Would a 90g be good for life? Most sites say like 50g+ but just wana make sure. Itll be sharing the tank with an Oscar and Palmas poli

Thanks for who ever helps I'll post pictures when I get it

 

[moe214]

hey guys!

As you can tell from the amount of capitals in the title, I'm finally getting a gulper catfish!!! It should be in by next Thursday/Friday

So a few questions,

First: How fast do they grow?

Second: What should I feed it? I have shrimps from costco (with shell) and silversides. Should I try massivore too?

Third: Would a 90g be good for life? Most sites say like 50g+ but just wana make sure. Itll be sharing the tank with an Oscar and Palmas poli

Thanks for who ever helps I'll post pictures when I get it

Not to fats they max out at a foot. I suppose those are good to try and start off, just vary its diet with meaty foods. A 90 is good for life. It'll eat your poly for sure. Even if it's smaller all it has to do is bend the poly.

 

[in_the_seance]

What size is the Oscar? he might eat that too. 90 seems good. I would go for prawn over shrimp (or inject with vitaChem or similar). I take the shells off. Then tilapia filets cheaper than silversides. And if you've got the money do massivore but tha gulper will be a pig!

 

[quasar]

Not to fats they max out at a foot. I suppose those are good to try and start off, just vary its diet with meaty foods. A 90 is good for life. It'll eat your poly for sure. Even if it's smaller all it has to do is bend the poly.

darn :S even if they grow up together? Any tips on how fast they grow

 

[kno4te]

A lot of owners have agreed that it's slow. There maybe some fish outside the norm but overall slow and cannot give you a rate or number.

 

[quasar]

The oscar is already 13". The gulper is going to be on its own for a bit in a 20g due to the store only getting them at 4".

Hopefully i can at least get it to 6" in a couple of months with some power feeding lol

 

[in_the_seance]

The oscar is already 13". The gulper is going to be on its own for a bit in a 20g due to the store only getting them at 4".

Hopefully i can at least get it to 6" in a couple of months with some power feeding lol

I can't trust a catfish with a mouth like that. I hope it works out. At full size I feel that gulper would still try to take a large Oscar or die trying

 

[quasar]

I can't trust a catfish with a mouth like that. I hope it works out. At full size I feel that gulper would still try to take a large Oscar or die trying

Are they that hungrily dumb? :S

 

[in_the_seance]

Are they that hungrily dumb? :S

Check out some videos on YouTube

 

[Hoplo]

I would feed it a varied diet, and as for tank mates any fish in with it is a risk, a poly will just get eaten, and the oscar is a risk. As is shown by this video they will happily eat fish that are about the same size, and could try to eat larger with less successful results.