Hey all. I have posted on this forum before but I thought I would let you all know my current Bullhead Catfish Tank Setup and ask a few questions about Bullhead Housing.
I have a 100gal With Dual Emporer 400 Filters, I do not have a heater cause Bullheads are Coldwater cats, I have black pea gravel ...

Okay Thanks for the advice!

Dan

Okay Thanks so much. They should be housed together since they are so young right? What size tank would you recommend for these little ones? Thank so much!!!

Thanks again. I really appreciate this.


Dan

Okay, Its been kinda dry down here in Mississippi and we have a really big slough on our place that has dried down to a single mud puddle and being the conservationists that we are, we took it upon ourselves to rescue, or try to rescue, some of the fish.

So, we have around 25 catfish fry that are ...

Okay as for tank exact specs:

40gallon Long Tank Dimensions 48long/13wide/16tall.
Dual Emporer 400 Filters
I Have No Heater as they are technically a coldwater fish right?
The substrate is Black Aqaruim Gravel and I have 30lbs Of it. I never opt for a thick substarate one just deep enough to cover ...

First of all to both tokeefe and SinaiTSi- I am so sorry for not replying sooner it has been a hectic last 48 hours. On March 13, That night I fed my 4 BullHeads the way I normally do, They coming up to the top and getting their regular foods of Shrmip, Large Cichlid Pellets, and Plankton. I ...

By larger bullhead do u mean in the 10-12 inch range or bigger? I am going to obatin a BIG dip net with a 3ft handle and 12 x 12 for net width and height dimesnions is that big enough or too big? Have you ever caught a bullhead in a minnow trap?

Why didnt you keep the baby black bullheads you ...

SO try at night using a large dip net in the edge of a oxbow lake and hope I dont dip up a cottonmouth :shock: .

Do you think it is good to try to catch the large masses of baby catfish that school together? Would it be very hard to catch them with a long handled wide net with say a little stink ...

Yeah I went fishing at some of our ponds today caught a gravid bass and a Bluegill, I was tempted to keep the Bluegill for a tankmate for the BullHeads but decided becasue i dont have an open tank to quarantine it in I will just wait. Do Bluegill make good Tankmates for BullHeads if the Bluegill is ...

Neat Katfish Crazy! We have 3 ponds but they contain absoluetly No catfish at all of any type but tons of bass, and bream. They are kind of one the smaller side for a pond. How big were they when you caught them? What type of BullHead are they? What size tank are they in?

Thanks.

Dan

I would highly recommnend Omega One Shrimp Pellets, All Of my catfish simply love them.

As for what I feed my BullHeads I feed 2 Of Them that are housed alone Hilkari Sinking Carnivroe Pellets as they are not trained to come to the top, In my other bullhead tank I feed Omegao One Freeze Dried ...

As far as laws and regs go, I am collecting a native species on my own property and moving it to a home aqaruaim, and for the bullheads i have now on a private river on our place that only runs on our place, Would that be any problem?

So this spring in about May-June you would reccomned simply ...

How did you catch Black BullHead in a dip net? Where was it?

I have a Couple of the Elite Battery Operated Air Pumps superiour in every way to the yellow ones you buy at Wal-Mart a note on the side when Hurrican Katrina cam through I tested Air Pumps extensively, I never had to replace the ...

This is a link to a photo of one of my BullHeads, I will try to get more recent photos but I have problems photographing my fish this photo is a couple months old, but here is the link,

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f398/ ... dPhoto.jpg

Dan

What where You fishing with what bait and what size did you catch him at? How big is he now? Do you have any more photos of Him and your tank I just love seeing them! My BullHead has absolutely no Loss of appetite he just refuses certain foods, He is always hungry for Shrimp, Shrimp Pellets, and ...

SandTiger Just a few questions.

What size tank are they in now?
How did you obtain your Brown BullHead?


Do you know what to do about a Finicky BullHead I have fed mine lots of stuff but one has gotten picky recently and likes Freeze Dried Shrmip Omega One Shrmip Pellets, and Omega One Large ...

Yep NeoLamp I Consider BullHead Catfish to be the Perfect Aqaruim Fish and an excellent pet all around. NeoLamp You can buy BullHeads off the internet you know.
http://www.jonahsaquarium.com/
Check out that site they seel native fish including Yellow and Brown BullHeads.

Dan

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/f ... d/spotted/


That is one of the websites that has a profile on the spotted bullhead. I thought you might enjoy reading it.

Dan

From what I know average size for the Spotted BullHead is 7-9inches long normally but specimens that are well cared for and eat reguarly can get up to around 12inches maybe bigger.

Hope This Helps.

Dan

Yep, I Know about them schooling when they are young, I have a friend who has actually seen it in an oxbow lake on my property, and tried to catch some. I have heard it is very painful if you dont do it right due to all of the miniatuire dorsal fins sticking up. I am going to try to get my hands on ...

Yep I have read that spotted bullheads stay within the 7-9inch range with 10inches being absolute biggest size. Is that correct? BigB I agree with u there. They are aboslutely my favorite fish i have ever kept, much better than ANY tropicals I have ever had. A Biologist at a College told me that ...

Big-B How big do you think a tank they would need? Would 75-80 gallons be adequete? What do you think would be a big enough tank for the possibillity of a spawning to occur? 100-125Gallons maybe? I will try some earthworms that is a good idea. Thanks.

Dan

I am new to this forum and to keeping native catfish but first i will give a little background. I started keeping Aquaruim fish 4 1/2 years ago and started out with tropicals last May I was walking on my property (We live on a large farm in Central Alabama with lots of creeks, ditches, sloughs ...