Brown Bullhead - How Big?

jewel · Post by **jewel** » 12 Jul 2005, 23:10

Hello, I'm new to catfish and I have a brown bullhead who is now about 6-7" now, and what a personality, I have him in with 3 Tiger Oscars, and a few other smaller fish, he doesn't seem to see as well as the Oscars so now at feeding time he sticks mouth out of the water for me to put the food right in it. Anyway I was wondering just how big I should expect him to grow?

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 12 Jul 2005, 23:25

I found this in the Cat-eLog under Common names

Brown Bullhead

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jewel · Post by **jewel** » 13 Jul 2005, 02:34

Thanks That helps

MIKE · Post by **MIKE** » 11 Jul 2006, 01:50

THEY CAN GET FROM 12-18IN

Post by **Silurus** » 11 Jul 2006, 02:53

MIKE wrote:THEY CAN GET FROM 12-18IN

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apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 11 Jul 2006, 06:18

I caught one 16 inches long from the Snake River in Eastern Washington but 10-12 inches is more typical. I think our state record is about 4-1/2 lb.s. They can be pretty voracious eaters and can reach 12 inches in a large tank.
I would always catch them from a school of hundreds where somewhere nearby the male is watching over them. At that size they are jet black, cute and good coldwater aquarium fish. I got rid of them at about 4 inches because they lose there black color and start eating anything they can swallow. Like many big cats they usually are ok with fish twice their size. Blue Gills and Pumpkin Seed Sunfish make good tank mates and are pretty fish. Have fun. They need to be kept in the low 70's for staying healthy.

Brown Bullhead - How Big?

Brown Bullhead - How Big?

Brown Bull Head How big?