channel catfish are aggressive

[pdegal331]

so i was secretly watching my oscars eat to see if my 11in channel catfish would come out and ten minutes later he came out from his cave and started biting my 8in ascars by the tale and mouths. needless to say they didt get very much food should i remove him from the tank?

 

[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

What size tank are they in?

 

[DMD123]

Im counting at least two 8" oscars and one 11" channel cat by the question asked. Hope we are dealing with a large tank here!

 

[nes999]

by him/ her not stateing already im assuming its not very large.

 

[mqktandy]

My channel was never openly aggressive. Only to the other big cats that went into his cave

 

[smitty03281964]

A channel cat will eat what ever he can get into his mouth.

 

[DrownedFishonFire]

I know its illegal practice to do this but I do fish for channel cats with about 2''-5'' bluegills and the channels always tend to go for them. They're being catfish. They're "aggressive" to those they can frankly fit in their mouths.

 

[DCOWBOYS]

You need a very large tank,and channels grow VERY fast so your O's may be lunch someday.

 

[pdegal331]

well i have them in a 125 gal right now

 

[mqktandy]

ya thats a little small for them. that could be the reason for the aggression.