do you know what a bumblee catfish can do?
- Thread starter GarNiac
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Had a similar experience with one I got in a trade. Seemed like a cool catfish. Problem was when I started noticing my Albino Bristlenose Plecos less and less. Finally woke up that the bastard had eaten all of them! The cat was probably 4-5" and the Bristlenose were all adults in the 3" range. Crazy!
Jim
Jim
Proteus;4607441; said:
nice, its a bit hard to find a suitable tankmate for bumblebee catfish, maybe a couple of decent size barbs would do.
croc 2-3;4608072; said:
nowadays, I give them guppies, since they seems to ignore anything else but life foods.
Crazed Demasoni;4621298; said:
till now, I think I really like a nasty cat
Experiment397;4621323; said:
well, I think its the giant bumblebee catfish, I'm so glad that I hv them in my tank, I have 3 of them, and planning to buy another 3
fishlover88;4623987; said:
giant bumblebee cat all the way
, cant wait for them to get big, since I couldnt get my hand on RTC yet
gomlin;4631249; said:
I hope you like them as much as I do, I really want to see my cats grow HUGE! which is maybe only about 25 cm
And; that's the way the cookie crumbles... All cats are predators.. They will smash on just about anything... But; I'm guessing you know this by now.. lol..
All catfish are predators. Even the small banjo catfish will take out a fish, if given the opportunity. I have a 1 foot brown bullhead living with 4 inch plus bluegills, no losses. Even though I had a 2 inch green and the 4 inch bluegills were 3 inches when I added the catfish, no deaths.
However, I keep the light on the tank 24/7 for the other fish's safety. I keep the lower half of the tank darker. The catfish has shown me on more than one occasion that if he wants the fish, he can catch them, with his speed and agility. If the tank lights are out, the next morning the catfish and other fish have torn up the tank.
I thought having the branches would keep the catfish away from the smaller fish and provide territories for the fish. I noticed that the catfish stayed away from the branches. I shot this video and was blown away that a 1 foot catfish could easily go through the branches whenever he wanted to. Watch the HD version.
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However, I keep the light on the tank 24/7 for the other fish's safety. I keep the lower half of the tank darker. The catfish has shown me on more than one occasion that if he wants the fish, he can catch them, with his speed and agility. If the tank lights are out, the next morning the catfish and other fish have torn up the tank.
I thought having the branches would keep the catfish away from the smaller fish and provide territories for the fish. I noticed that the catfish stayed away from the branches. I shot this video and was blown away that a 1 foot catfish could easily go through the branches whenever he wanted to. Watch the HD version.
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