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[jconley]

I wouldn't worry too much about the temp. I have kept bull heads for years in 80 degree water with no problems. Just make sure you have a lot of oxygenation going on.

Awesome little catfish, bullheads were the first cats I ever had and I still love them!

 

[courtneem]

I am excited to own a bullhead. The 10gl doesnt have anything but the filter going, no airbubbles etc because the betta doesnt like it. I want to put him in the 55gl but he needs to grow a tad My pims have yet to kill a fish but I have not had that small of a bottom dweller on the bottom yet either. My new clown loaches are pretty small but they are still bigger then the bullhead and the clownloaches so far have been ok. I also know they have spikes under their eyes to protect themselves.

What does a bullhead do? They sting like a catfish with their whiskers?

Part of me wants to try it..... He would do much better in the 55gl.

 

[pwnednoobs]

i was lucky to catch one of those in a net recently at an inch in a half

 

[pwnednoobs]

i wish could have kept it

 

[necrocanis]

I am excited to own a bullhead. The 10gl doesnt have anything but the filter going, no airbubbles etc because the betta doesnt like it. I want to put him in the 55gl but he needs to grow a tad My pims have yet to kill a fish but I have not had that small of a bottom dweller on the bottom yet either. My new clown loaches are pretty small but they are still bigger then the bullhead and the clownloaches so far have been ok. I also know they have spikes under their eyes to protect themselves.

What does a bullhead do? They sting like a catfish with their whiskers?

Part of me wants to try it..... He would do much better in the 55gl.

Not sure if you have done more research on them since you posted this, but here goes anyway. Bullheads are catfish. They are native to north america, and do not sting with their wiskers. No catfish do. The wiskers are a sensory organ and are extremely sensitive to touch and taste. A catfish may have more taste buds on it's wiskers than we have on our tongue. The sting comes from the pectorial fin spines located just under the fish behind it's gills. It's on the leading edge of the fin. That's the area to watch for. The sting usually by bringing their tails to their head in a very fast motion to impale the fin spine into whatever has stepped on it or scared it. Touching the spines will not sting you. You would have to be wholloped by the fish and it would imbed this spine deep into your skin and most likely break it off. The bone in the spine is perforated and will snap off once caught in something. They do grow back. Some species of catfish such as madtoms, and fossil catfish have poison glands at the base of their spines, and many genus of catfish have spines on their dorsal fins as well as the pectoral fins. Hope this is informative to someone.