GETTING MY FIRST GULPER CAT!!

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quasar

quasar

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hey guys!

As you can tell from the amount of capitals in the title, I'm finally getting a gulper catfish!!! It should be in by next Thursday/Friday :D

So a few questions,

First: How fast do they grow?

Second: What should I feed it? I have shrimps from costco (with shell) and silversides. Should I try massivore too?

Third: Would a 90g be good for life? Most sites say like 50g+ but just wana make sure. Itll be sharing the tank with an Oscar and Palmas poli

Thanks for who ever helps :D I'll post pictures when I get it
 
quasar said:
hey guys!

As you can tell from the amount of capitals in the title, I'm finally getting a gulper catfish!!! It should be in by next Thursday/Friday :D

So a few questions,

First: How fast do they grow?

Second: What should I feed it? I have shrimps from costco (with shell) and silversides. Should I try massivore too?

Third: Would a 90g be good for life? Most sites say like 50g+ but just wana make sure. Itll be sharing the tank with an Oscar and Palmas poli

Thanks for who ever helps :D I'll post pictures when I get it
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Not to fats they max out at a foot. I suppose those are good to try and start off, just vary its diet with meaty foods. A 90 is good for life. It'll eat your poly for sure. Even if it's smaller all it has to do is bend the poly.
 
What size is the Oscar? he might eat that too. 90 seems good. I would go for prawn over shrimp (or inject with vitaChem or similar). I take the shells off. Then tilapia filets cheaper than silversides. And if you've got the money do massivore but tha gulper will be a pig!
 
moe214 said:
Not to fats they max out at a foot. I suppose those are good to try and start off, just vary its diet with meaty foods. A 90 is good for life. It'll eat your poly for sure. Even if it's smaller all it has to do is bend the poly.
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darn :S even if they grow up together? Any tips on how fast they grow
 
A lot of owners have agreed that it's slow. There maybe some fish outside the norm but overall slow and cannot give you a rate or number.
 
The oscar is already 13". The gulper is going to be on its own for a bit in a 20g due to the store only getting them at 4".

Hopefully i can at least get it to 6" in a couple of months with some power feeding lol
 
quasar said:
The oscar is already 13". The gulper is going to be on its own for a bit in a 20g due to the store only getting them at 4".

Hopefully i can at least get it to 6" in a couple of months with some power feeding lol
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I can't trust a catfish with a mouth like that. I hope it works out. At full size I feel that gulper would still try to take a large Oscar or die trying
 
I would feed it a varied diet, and as for tank mates any fish in with it is a risk, a poly will just get eaten, and the oscar is a risk. As is shown by this video they will happily eat fish that are about the same size, and could try to eat larger with less successful results.
 
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