Channel Catfishes Owners...

[HiGhTiMeZ]

what do u feed them that they seem to like??

Ive been "trying" to pump it up by using chicken and fish fillets and earthworms but it would only eat little. I notice the channels i catch when fishing, theyre tummy is so big!!! do i have to wait for it to come out of its shell? have it for 2 weeks now. Also, hows their growth rate like?

any input would be appreciated thanks!

 

[teleost]

In the wild, they sure seem to like Crawdads...I'm sure that fish would love thawed market shrimp. But to be honest, I've never known a channel catfish that didn't eat pellets like a champ. How long have you had that fish?

BTW the title of this thread is misspelled...it's not onwers it's owners....

 

[rallysman]

Mine would eat anything and everything. It loved shrimp, beef heart. and smelt. It would also take down pellets of all sorts and any other random food that may have ended up in the tank.

Mine grew over 1-2" per month IIRC (maybe more)

 

[necrocanis]

Same as rally here. Feed mine sinking, and floating pellets when little, along with blood worms if really small. Now I feed night crawlers, and shrimp primarily, but they love to eat the algae waffers also. Mine grew from 2" to over 12" in less than 6 months. So pretty good growth rate. There's a member on here that has one at 3' after 3 years.

 

[drgn1234]

mine eats earthworms shrimp. floating and sinking pellets. he eats everything. when my son brought it home it was about 3 inches. its about 11 inches know.

 

[me_wee_todded]

they grow rather quickly
i feed mine shrimp,pellots,guppies,crawdads,gambusia.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

The channel in my pond eats anything and everything!

 

[me_wee_todded]

The channel in my pond eats anything and everything!

have you tried baby birds.

 

[ammerman19]

yeah mine gorges on whatever it can get it's mouth around And is growing QUICKLY

 

[Jon Gray]

mine has been eating everything he eats nightcrawlers mostly from what i have leftover from fishing but other that that i have seen him chash down feeders