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Pond catfish wanted
Posted: 03 Jun 2004, 23:30
by velocity
Hello im in the process of constructing a 2,000 gallon + pond and i need a good large growing catfish. The tanks mates will be an arowana, 6 pacu, 3 oscars, lima shovelnose, 3 plecos, possibly a ghost knife, and 2 iridescent sharks. If you can see i am interested in a south american catfish. I was told that an rtc would eat many of my other tank mates. please help
Posted: 04 Jun 2004, 03:39
by velocity
any ideas people?
Posted: 04 Jun 2004, 03:54
by fishman33437
Id go with the following: Learius spp. Callophysus macropterus or Pinirampus pirinampu.
RTC, TSN, Paulicea, planiceps will get too big. Juruense, tigrinus may have trouble getting food if you feed during the day. The big bagrids (wyckii, wyckoides) will kill stuff. You could also go with the non predatory big cats: M. irwini, Pterodoras granulosus, Auchenoglanis occidentalis, Pseudodoras niger?
Your lima and ghost knife (not a clown knife, right) will probably be the first to go if you did get an RTC, etc.
Posted: 04 Jun 2004, 19:28
by velocity
Well actually there has been a change of plans in stocking. Its going to have 3 oscars, lima shovelnose, 3 plecos, arowana, 3-5 peacock bass. What about a channel catfish?
Posted: 05 Jun 2004, 02:10
by fishman33437
Channels would be fine. My father in Washington has them in a 10,000 pond with koi and they do well. Watch the Peacock bass and the oscars. When the bass want to breed they will hammer everything. (They are everywhere in S. FL. ...I live here....and they are breeding right now...all other fish run for cover when a cloud of peacocks are around the parents)
Posted: 05 Jun 2004, 04:40
by velocity
oh well if they lay eggs, i was thinking about just diving in and taking them out and putting them in a breeding tank.
Posted: 07 Jun 2004, 04:49
by velocity
why? is it okay to mix peacock bass with other fish?
Posted: 27 Jun 2004, 03:53
by Felix
Why not think about something native to Arizona?
Posted: 28 Jun 2004, 02:49
by brianfl
Are you going to be able to keep the water warm enough in AZ in the winter for the tropicals? Or was this an indoor pond?
Posted: 04 Jul 2004, 18:12
by velocity
its outdoors. I have no troubles with heating during most of the year because its always hot here. But i have to figure something out for the winter and the early mornings.
Posted: 04 Jul 2004, 18:14
by velocity
Actually im thinking of just keeping the oscars and lima in the 120 gallon for life because i dont want to risk them and I have had them for a long time.
Posted: 06 Jul 2004, 02:47
by fishman33437
Peacock bass are fine with other fish they cant eat. When they spawn, they get rather nasty. With their size, they take up a lot of territory when breeding.
Posted: 06 Jul 2004, 04:52
by velocity
will they kill pacu or larger catfish if they spawned?