Wels catfish

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There is no federal ban on wels. State-by-state - one must research.

The only source of wels I've found ever in the US is through Wes (Rare Fish), CA. Just very recently he's sold at least a dozen that I know of.

I don't understand your intentions: do you not want a wels, due to housing issues? If so, there is a plethora of wels-look-alikes in wels genus and in the family, for instance Silurus biwaensis and S. asotus only grow to ~3' but look much like wels. Study the Sulurus genus photos and datasheets or the whole family:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=35#78

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/family.php?family_id=7

Ompoks will indeed prefer very strongly live food and will try to eat anything that fits in their mouth. But again, Ompok is a genus of many species, so one must understand which Ompok they are talking about:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=113#2928
 
LOL! A native tank?? more like a native lake!!
 
thebiggerthebetter said:
There is no federal ban on wels. State-by-state - one must research.

The only source of wels I've found ever in the US is through Wes (Rare Fish), CA. Just very recently he's sold at least a dozen that I know of.

I don't understand your intentions: do you not want a wels, due to housing issues? If so, there is a plethora of wels-look-alikes in wels genus and in the family, for instance Silurus biwaensis and S. asotus only grow to ~3' but look much like wels. Study the Sulurus genus photos and datasheets or the whole family:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=35#78

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/family.php?family_id=7

Ompoks will indeed prefer very strongly live food and will try to eat anything that fits in their mouth. But again, Ompok is a genus of many species, so one must understand which Ompok they are talking about:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=113#2928
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I love the reply very informative to me. Like I said New York has a ban on a lot of catfish species and exotic species like piranhas but in PA I haven't seen any. But back on topic the reason I don't "want" one is they grow far to big for me to take care of. I'd love one if they'd stay smaller. So far I've looked at your first link and was blown away with the helpful info. By any chance do you know places that sell any of those look alike species. I've found a place that sells ompok and here's the link. http://www.aquascapeonline.com/products/ompok-catfish-5in-ompok-bimaculatus.html with the info I've gotten I'm pretty happy with them and will probably buy one of these but if you have any places you know of that sell other species online I'd appreciate it


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Wels catfish are native to the UK. you can catch them almost everywhere so I doubt they are Ilegal in their own country.
they occur throughout most of europe even in spain so they can handle hot temperatures
 
Okay well I had no clue they were introduced in the 1800's thats interesting. Another fact "Wels" is german for catfish.
Either way I wouldn't recomend one even for a pond but if you want to keep one then that would be awesome. I personally would go with the ompok, same look but much better characteristics.
are you going to get some Perch for your tank?
 
I am getting some perch again I had they before and they were some awesome fish to keep. Also I'll have a small carp I'll be keeping in the tank for a little bit and then putting it in a pond. I am thinking about getting a pickerel and probably a Redfin one. Those are the fish I've thought of so far.


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Sounds like an amazing idea, I would personally go with Ompok still.
For the record there are several different kinds of carp, looks like you have a mirror carp in your picture.
 
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