How big is too big??

[Dudzy]

An update on this, I went ahead and moved this cat out of the tank. It actually was as easy as I thought, I waited till he was in the PVC pipe, covered both ends and removed it and then dumped the cat into a large cooler filled with tank water. The move went very smoth and now I miss him, but he was just getting to big for the tank.

Dayum, I bet you wish you had a pond at your house now aye.

 

[BTD930]

all i kno is that there fast growers

 

[necrocanis]

You did the right thing. I just moved my hybrid out of a tank the same size and the fish was the same size as your's. Hmmm, now it's time to try something with the big boy and my redtail......

 

[maynardwix]

Dayum, I bet you wish you had a pond at your house now aye.

I do, I miss the big guy. When I get a house I know I will be in for a while, I will make sure to build a pond, that way I won't have that problem again.

all i kno is that there fast growers

Incredibly fast, I was amazed that in 7 months he had grown to the size he did, it didn't help how I fed him either though.

You did the right thing. I just moved my hybrid out of a tank the same size and the fish was the same size as your's. Hmmm, now it's time to try something with the big boy and my redtail......

I know I did, it just sucks, I thought it was going to take longer for him to out grow the tank, but i guess not. I am thinking of something else to put in the tank to replace him, but I'm in no hurry.

 

[kntrygrl4lyfe]

Do you have any pictures of him?

 

[pondowner]

Channel cats grow at least 1" per month if healthy. I got mine at 3" and put him in my 27 gallon tank. Within a year I moved him outside in the pond. 3 years later he is a little over 2' long.

 

[maynardwix]

Do you have any pictures of him?

No I don't have any pictures, but I do have video of the tank, you can see him in the PVC pipe (he stayed in there all the time accept at night).


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Feeding video from December, you can see the channel cat at 3:20 eating his favorite food.
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Channel cats grow at least 1" per month if healthy. I got mine at 3" and put him in my 27 gallon tank. Within a year I moved him outside in the pond. 3 years later he is a little over 2' long.

Yep they are fast growers, mine grew quicker than 1" a month, I was amazed, he was great though, very gental hand feeder.