Keeping clarias catfish together ?
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Love the clarias had one before. Cant help with your question but lets see some pics!
Heres some picts not best quality though (old phone lol)
Depending on your tank/pond size and assuming you mean batrachus (the usual pibald or black) you should be fine. I find clarias to be social and adding more has never cause any issues.
They are really happy to share when young and at 11" they are still youngsters.
They are really happy to share when young and at 11" they are still youngsters.
Yes i think they are the batrachus ,was planning to wait until they are about 15 inch them put them all in together, tank size will be a 6x2x2 or 8x2x2
When I got 6 smaller ones in a 55 gal, they killed 2 pretty quickly and had to take out 2 more in succession before getting killed.
When I housed bigger ones 12"+ in a 4500 gal, I saw no significant problems.
Both small and larger came from our wild.
A little more here: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/walking-catfish-at-fish-story.704473/#post-7941426
When I housed bigger ones 12"+ in a 4500 gal, I saw no significant problems.
Both small and larger came from our wild.
A little more here: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/walking-catfish-at-fish-story.704473/#post-7941426
Ive read the oppiste to what happened to you that fine when small but get more aggresive at adullt
I will have a read of your article
Cheers
I will have a read of your article
Cheers
Goes to show you that superficial data can be quite contradictory, which gave rise to the saying "Every tank differs".
Details matter in understanding why sometimes things go one way, while going the other way other times. Sometimes ichthyo-forensic troubleshooting and analysis is needed.
There must be a logical reason for this contradiction.
If not ID'ed, every tank differs
If kept in a smallish tank, it is quite understandable and expected that the fish that have just sexually matured would squabble in the same smallish space. Mine was 4500 gal. They could easily get out of each other's faces.
As to when small, mine were in a 55 gal. If they were small in a 500 gal, I think they'd be fine.
Details matter.
Details matter in understanding why sometimes things go one way, while going the other way other times. Sometimes ichthyo-forensic troubleshooting and analysis is needed.
There must be a logical reason for this contradiction.
If not ID'ed, every tank differs
If kept in a smallish tank, it is quite understandable and expected that the fish that have just sexually matured would squabble in the same smallish space. Mine was 4500 gal. They could easily get out of each other's faces.
As to when small, mine were in a 55 gal. If they were small in a 500 gal, I think they'd be fine.
Details matter.
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I think it is the smaller tank.Goes to show you that superficial data can be quite contradictory, which gave rise to the saying "Every tank differs".
Details matter in understanding why sometimes things go one way, while going the other way other times. Sometimes ichthyo-forensic troubleshooting and analysis is needed.
There must be a logical reason for this contradiction.
If not ID'ed, every tank differs
If kept in a smallish tank, it is quite understandable and expected that the fish that have just sexually matured would squabble in the same smallish space. Mine was 4500 gal. They could easily get out of each other's faces.
As to when small, mine were in a 55 gal. If they were small in a 500 gal, I think they'd be fine.
Details matter.