Sun Catfish

albino catfish · Post by **albino catfish** » 24 Dec 2005, 05:24

I am thinking of purchasing a few Sun Catfish & houseing them with Blue Channel Catfish. How big in inches will the Sun cats get, will they get as big as channels ?

Post by **Shane** » 24 Dec 2005, 05:29

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/ba ... /159_F.PHP

This should help.
-Shane

Trahan · Post by **Trahan** » 29 Dec 2005, 17:01

Good question. Im wondering the same I have 2 thats about 6" and been having them about 6 months. I have heard anywere from 6" to 20" and grow very very slow. dont meen to hijack the question, but im looking for the same thing. thanks

Post by **corybreed** » 29 Dec 2005, 23:02

I had a sun cat almost 12 inches in length. They are not very agressive but will swallow anything that will fit in it's mouth. Channel cats get very large, much larger than the sun cats. You will need a very large tank to accomodate these fish when they approach full size.

Mark

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 03 Jan 2006, 11:11

Trahan wrote:Good question. Im wondering the same I have 2 thats about 6" and been having them about 6 months. I have heard anywere from 6" to 20" and grow very very slow. dont meen to hijack the question, but im looking for the same thing. thanks

According to the Cat-eLog page, the Sun-cat will grow to about 18". The Channel-cat is a really fast-growing fish, which is why it's so popular to commercially grow for food. I'm not familiar with the growth speed of the Sun-cat, but I wouldn't be suprised if it grows a bit slower than the channel-cat, if only because it's smaller adult size.

As stated before, both of the above mentioned fish require very large tanks/ponds to be housed properly when adult size. The Sun-cat can probably be housed in a very large tank, whilst channel cats grow to sizes that are getting to the point where the pond option is more suitable.

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Mats

dastrieg · Post by **dastrieg** » 26 Jan 2006, 02:54

Hello all I have 4 of the sun cats in my 220 tank and they grow very slow i got them 2 1/2 years ago and they are like only 5-7 inches, the channel cat will out grow it very fast and may eat them.

valhalla · Post by **valhalla** » 27 Jan 2006, 21:47

I have 3 that i just moved out of a 72 bow tank, they are about 8 inches in length and were with a large ( 12) channel cat. They seemed to get along fine but i put them in a 40 long with my Jaguar as hes very picky about who he swims with . Gets along great with them and large black shark but he used to beat and chase the channel cat relentlessly! Hes never bothered the sun cats though and they even chase him around eating his scraps. There very pretty catfish though and i recommend some pvc pipe in the tank for them as they spend a lot of time in them. I should say that i mean a jaguar cichlid not the jag cat, would love to have one of those though!

cichlidfinder · Post by **cichlidfinder** » 12 Feb 2006, 23:47

Horabagrus must be more popular than I thought. I came to the forum today to ask if anyone else have kept these and low and behold there is already a thread. I also bought three last weekend and these juviniles have setteled in nicely. They do seem a bit light shy but do come out for food.

Big-B · Post by **Big-B** » 13 Feb 2006, 02:57

Hiya All,

I'm new to this site. I also recently purchased three of these little cats. They seem to have alot of personality though they are quit shy. They seem to be a shoaling fish, at least when young. Do they grow out of this or are they always going to be this way. Not that I'm complaining about it, I'd much rather see a school as opposed to a single fish.

albino catfish · Post by **albino catfish** » 15 Feb 2006, 02:40

I am not shur about them geting over of being shy. But every time I see them at they store they are always in a school 10-12 plus in they school. they rest of they Sun
Cats are loafing on they bottom of they tank or trying there best to hide !!!