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fishgirl247 · Post by **fishgirl247** » 06 Aug 2009, 15:59

i am very new to this, but i thought i'd introduce myself and my cat. i am jessi, an avid fisherwoman. i was out fishing last week and caught a relatively small cat, but thought it was absolutely gorgeous. i brought him home, and intended on eating it. however, when my hubby got home, he wanted to go back out, so we put it in a bucket of tap water. 3 hours later, it was still alive! so i put it in an aquarium which we already had set up. in doing some research, i've found out that it's a 5-8 year old flathead. it's about 12-13in long and really friendly if you can believe it. my nephew named it chucky, don't ask me why. i'm about to tell you something, and i would like to know if anyone else has had a similiear experience. chucky lets me pet him. he seems to actually like it. when i'm done, he'll follow my hand so i have to pet him again before i pull my hand out of the water. can anyone help explain this?

fischkringli · Post by **fischkringli** » 07 Aug 2009, 12:29

First of all, welcome to planetcatfish

I only know this behaviour from baby mollies, i dont know why they're doing this, interesting!!!

fishgirl247 · Post by **fishgirl247** » 07 Aug 2009, 15:40

thank you thank you. i am so convinced my chucky was not meant to be a wild fish. he's just to mellow mannered, except when he's hunting. then there are some scary sounds that come out of the tank at night.

fischkringli · Post by **fischkringli** » 08 Aug 2009, 12:23

Couild you discribe the sounds? scratching? Croaking?

fishgirl247 · Post by **fishgirl247** » 08 Aug 2009, 15:14

it's just a lot of splashing and him pushing the gravel down. it sounds really violent. last night especially. but when i got up this morning, he had eaten 4 goldfish, so that explains all the noise.

fischkringli · Post by **fischkringli** » 09 Aug 2009, 11:37

OMG, poor Goldfish.

fishgirl247 · Post by **fishgirl247** » 09 Aug 2009, 15:12

that's what he likes. and they're not the big pretty ones. they're the smaller feeder fish. the come real cheap and he's growing already.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Aug 2009, 17:11

In the UK it is illegal to sell live fish for feeding to other fish.

I'm pretty sure you can train your fish to take pellets or some such. Not that I care much about goldfish, but because I care about your fish - you can quite easily carry infections/parasites with the feeder fish. Dry pellets are very unlikely to carry any illnesses.

Also, what size tank are you having the fish in - you will need a darn big one eventually - probably better to prepare a large pond outdoors, really.

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fischkringli · Post by **fischkringli** » 10 Aug 2009, 11:33

First of all, if it doesn't like pelets, use freezed fish and move him up and down in front of him.

Cory_lover · Post by **Cory_lover** » 10 Aug 2009, 12:58

omg u can pet ur catfish?!?! that's awesome!!!! i don't even see some of mine most nights!:P hahaha.....illegal feeder fish in UK? wow never heard of that. but i've also heard UK has much higher animal welfare standards than over here..(oz)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 10 Aug 2009, 20:17

It is not, as far as I understand, illegal to FEED fish with other fish. It's only illegal to sell fish for the purpose of using them as food for other fish.

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crkinney · Post by **crkinney** » 21 Jun 2010, 14:59

Awhile back I kept a couple of small yellow cats in my tank .they ate almost everything in the tank as they grew,it got to the point that I took atrip to the river each week with my castnet for live fish food this worked for a while ,but in the long run I got some really bad stuff from the river and it was killing all my fish .I finaly drained the tank and eliminated all the fish .now when I introduce a new fish to my tank ,it goes into a small thnk for de icking and cleaning.
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