5,000 gallons for Catfish

[SandNukka15]

I'm close to you and ALOT of other members on MFK. It is the same temperature where you are as it is here The pond is outdoor.....have had a channel cat in it since May 2012....this thread is because I have another ready by the end of the year and I'm curious how many years I can do this before the pond is over-stocked.

Bullshit nobody's close to Towanda, PA lol

 

[FastFisher5]

Bullshit nobody's close to Towanda, PA lol

You're around 3 hours away from me lol. So you're not that far

 

[SandNukka15]

You're around 3 hours away from me lol. So you're not that far

I'm closer to nj members then most of the guys in pa lol

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

The pond size is one important factor to take into account. The other is filtration.

If we are talking about an non-natural pond with a manmade filter, I'd say for a fully grown 3'-3.5' channel, one would need about 500-1000 GPH of filtration capacity.

So, I'd imagine that ten 3'-3.5' channels would be able to have enough space in a 5000 gal (except it may be a bit too shallow, 4' depth would be needed) with ~10,000 GPH filtration (and needless to say zero ammonia and zero nitrate at the filter output).

 

[Frank Castle]

ok cool.....so I got a vote for 16 and a vote for 10


Anyone else?

 

[Chub_by]

I agree with Viktor, maybe even just 8. Cats are messy.

 

[Chub_by]

Also, my pond is coincidentally a similar size, and 16 channel cats in there would be way crowded.

 

[monkeybike]

To help me visualize, my parents have a 10x20 pond that's 4 feet deep, so around 6800 gal. I think I you could probably keep a dozen or so happy in that size. So I vote 12 for yours.

 

[monkeybike]

Bullshit nobody's close to Towanda, PA lol

2hrs from me, I'm on Upstate Aquarium Exchange too

 

[SandNukka15]

2hrs from me, I'm on Upstate Aquarium Exchange too

Lol I left that .....waste of time ha