my little MONSTER catfishes

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hybridcatfish;1377481; said:
my dad wants to build the pond in the garage so i guess its gonna be an indoor pond.. and he said something close to 600-800 gallons

With those monsters you're gonna want to probably go about 10'-15' long by 5'-6' wide by at least 4' deep. 1,500 to 3,000 gallons. The bigger the better:)
 
jconley;1377535; said:
With those monsters you're gonna want to probably go about 10'-15' long by 5'-6' wide by at least 4' deep. 1,500 to 3,000 gallons. The bigger the better:)

you mean just like what im going to do ryt?
 
catfishlover106;1377742; said:
you mean just like what im going to do ryt?
Think of it this way. You have four cats that all grow 3ft long. POTENTIALY more. You are going to require at least a 12-16ft pond, 8ft deep plus 4ft deep. Being indoor, this may prove tricky but you are going to be best off to build the biggest which is possible.
 
yea...true well ill just make my indoor pond a 10'x8'x6'. that is over 3,000 gallons of water...which is pretty much alot for them...
 
catfishlover106;1377802; said:
yea...true well ill just make my indoor pond a 10'x8'x6'. that is over 3,000 gallons of water...which is pretty much alot for them...
This is probably the same as keeping a guppy in 10G using the same water:fish size ratio. A lot of water for a RTC would be an entire river.
 
Great looking small monsters you have there!!:D love the crosses try to build them the biggest pond you can width and length are by far more important than height Lots of food and good filter are a must! Goooooood Luck!!!:naughty:
 
hey guys im having problems with a few catifhs of mine and im hoping if u guys can help..

first of all... does your catfish breathe quite heard sumtimes?

what do you guys feed them to get the bright red color for the tail.


and what does gill curl look like?/ how long does it take for catfishes fins to grow back and how to treat it...

PLZ try to answer most of these questions for meh..
 
your catfishes can have heavy breathing every so offen...it could be on and off and to get your catfishes to get those nice red tails....feed them many types of crustaceans...like lil crabs and crayfishes depending on the size of the catfish itself...And gill curl looks like the gills making a large curl causing it to make a flat on the whole gill cover.And to grow back its fins...they grow REALLY REALLY fast....they have the most abundant mucus over their body...which is their slime coat which helps heals and protect the injury.Give aquarium salt and melafix to help heal the wound.
 
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