Wels Catfish Tank (Theoretical)

[ryanj612]

ok if a wels catfish can potentially grow to over 15 feet long, ive been thinking about a possible tank for one or two large ones. would a tank about 15m by 15m by ___m deep work? i think the length and width are good but how deep would it have to be for one or two of them to be able to keep a sustainable amount of food fish or other large catfish with them?

 

[steelshade]

Minimum of 6 feet deep for a large adult wels.

 

[ryanj612]

ok what depth would i need to be in order to keep other fish populations in there like other large catfish?

 

[tscharf]

same depth, maybe a little deeper, prolly about 3 meters in depth, especially if your going to get some arapaima which imo you should because theyd look awesome in a 50ft tank

 

[ryanj612]

yea i thought of an arapaima but i dont think the wels and the arapaima could live in the same water bc of the temperature difference that they require.

 

[jprp]

wels can live in warm water but forgive me for jumping to conclusions but this post has the flavour of a teen fish dream.

 

[tscharf]

wels can live in warm water but forgive me for jumping to conclusions but this post has the flavour of a teen fish dream.

agreed, but would still be awesome, theres a few guys on here who have wels in warm water

 

[ryanj612]

agreed, but would still be awesome, theres a few guys on here who have wels in warm water

really?

 

[ryanj612]

wels can live in warm water but forgive me for jumping to conclusions but this post has the flavour of a teen fish dream.

seeing that i am a teen (17) and this will probably not happen, hense theoretical, yes it is a teen fish dream.

 

[jprp]

seeing that i am a teen (17) and this will probably not happen, hense theoretical, yes it is a teen fish dream.

so totally correct again-"oh the weight of omniscience"!