Ok, So since my "rearranging" of tanks I've been stressed about my 5 small cats... well small for now 
as they will have to spend longer in the small accomidations than I had orginally planned I was orginially shooting for 4 weeks or less, however I'm now looking at closer to 6 weeks. I have a serious problem with tank space right at the moment as I'm trying to allow my fish to all grow out for the Pond.
I know it's not the ideal situation at the time however I had 3 TSN's all under 5" and 2 Hybrids under 4" in a 5 gallon tank.... yeah not that they seemed to mind as they all just piled up in the coner under the filter, but I felt bad about it so I went out yesterday to a few places and found a deal which I couldn't turn down simply because I needed the space. it's not alot better for them ... but it's better than I was anticipating ... 15 Gallon tanks... 2 of them for $20 Brand new in the box... Couldn't go wrong...
Anyway it's time for pix of the little fellas as they haven't been online in awhile
This is all 5 of them ... 3 TSN's Larry, Moe & Curly and the 2 Hybrids Evil & Knievel
as they will have to spend longer in the small accomidations than I had orginally planned I was orginially shooting for 4 weeks or less, however I'm now looking at closer to 6 weeks. I have a serious problem with tank space right at the moment as I'm trying to allow my fish to all grow out for the Pond. I know it's not the ideal situation at the time however I had 3 TSN's all under 5" and 2 Hybrids under 4" in a 5 gallon tank.... yeah not that they seemed to mind as they all just piled up in the coner under the filter, but I felt bad about it so I went out yesterday to a few places and found a deal which I couldn't turn down simply because I needed the space. it's not alot better for them ... but it's better than I was anticipating ... 15 Gallon tanks... 2 of them for $20 Brand new in the box... Couldn't go wrong...
Anyway it's time for pix of the little fellas as they haven't been online in awhile
This is all 5 of them ... 3 TSN's Larry, Moe & Curly and the 2 Hybrids Evil & Knievel
Thats the best part about my wife... I just get what I want and she just shakes her head 
Who in their right mind would go out and buy 5 potential monsters and not ALREADY have everything in order 
I understand that problems arise, it happens all the time BUT you need to have a backup plan. What happens when you get those big old ponds running and you have another filter crash ??? What the hell are you gonna do with 6 three foot catfish ???? I've been doing this for a long time and been consistantly keeping things going knowing my limitations. Catfish are just a hobby.........Not my life. Whats gonna happen if something significant in your lives change ??? Then what ??? Getting rid of one large fish is hard enough let alone a dozen 
I think you guys may be getting in over your heads. Slow down a bit and plan for the future. If not..... You guys are on a course for disaster , I dont care how big of a pond you build.......All those fish will NOT live happily together.