75 gallon catfish...
- Thread starter Chad55
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your only real options in a 75 for a cat are as stated above with madtoms or stonecats. I have a madtom I caught locally in my 55 stream tank and I'd be extremely nervous putting him in with my grass pickerels. My biggest is pushing 9-10" and I know right now he'd love a madtom lunch lol.
If you are deadset on catfish with your pickerel I'd say if you can get a slightly larger tank, like 100 gals or so and go with a bullhead. They don't get massive, and would do well with your pickerel. Mine has been with me since I got my first 55 gallon, and is now comfortably in my 310 with my crappie, pumpkinseeds, grass pickerel and one big channel cat that at some point soon is going to eat the entire tank haha.
If you are deadset on catfish with your pickerel I'd say if you can get a slightly larger tank, like 100 gals or so and go with a bullhead. They don't get massive, and would do well with your pickerel. Mine has been with me since I got my first 55 gallon, and is now comfortably in my 310 with my crappie, pumpkinseeds, grass pickerel and one big channel cat that at some point soon is going to eat the entire tank haha.
a bowfin would get way too big for a 75, and quickly too. same with gars. no go.
as a side note....if you live near a pond or lake, you should try collecting some grass pickerel yourself. I do believe they have populations in Michigan. cheaper than buying them...believe me...
which ones? the pickerel? the one is as stated around 9 or 10", the other is approx. 6" currently. He just got moved to the big boys tank so he should show significant growth quickly.
The crappie are both roughly 6-7" long and turning into big slabs, the alpha p-seed is about 6" and the two little ones are only about 3-4". the bullhead is probably around 9" right now, the channel cat is easily 13-14". The coosae bass in with them is probably about 5-6" too.
they have room to get to decent size, believe me. They are growing steadily. temperaments are fine. the crappie are completely docile, the p-seeds squabble every now and then but nothing bad. The pickerel hang together most of the time and the bass does his own thing.
I've watched the bullhead attack the channel cat but it ends fairly quickly once the channel turns on him. again, no injuries just territory spats.
