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Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
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Author:  Bellgroup [ May 17th, '13, 10:33 ]
Post subject:  Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
I wondering if any one has ever used catfish in there tanks and then the water turned cloudy.
Author:  Journeyman [ May 17th, '13, 10:42 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
Yep, but maybe not your type - I have 10 eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus Tandanus) in an IBC along with 35 SP's (Silver Perch) - doing very nicely as well... Don't have anywhere near the amount of algae any more either - I think they graze on it.
Author:  Charlie [ May 17th, '13, 10:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
Is the cloudiness forming a oily slick on the surface of the water? It may be a protien film.
Author:  bcotton [ May 17th, '13, 15:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
Bellgroup.

I use channel catfish in my system, they grow great. I dont have cloudy water problems. My first hunch is the tank has been there a while and they are just truing up the silt at the bottom. You grow beds or filters should re-clear the water in a few days.



brian.
Author:  mantis [ May 17th, '13, 16:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
Journeyman wrote:
Yep, but maybe not your type - I have 10 eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus Tandanus) in an IBC along with 35 SP's (Silver Perch) - doing very nicely as well... Don't have anywhere near the amount of algae any more either - I think they graze on it.


I got catfish (tandanus) from John at Glenwaters a couple of years ago and he was adamant that tandanus don't eat algae. I think it will be your silvers grazing on it as they turn more and more herbivore as they get older
Author:  Bellgroup [ May 19th, '13, 02:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
Charlie
It does not seam to be oily. The entire tank was cloudy. I can not even see the bottom.
Author:  Journeyman [ May 19th, '13, 08:47 ]
Post subject:  Re: Has anyone ever used catfish in there tanks
mantis wrote:
I got catfish (tandanus) from John at Glenwaters a couple of years ago and he was adamant that tandanus don't eat algae. I think it will be your silvers grazing on it as they turn more and more herbivore as they get older

That's a bit weird - before I got them I had algae on the walls of the IBC and on the pump and air lines - I've watched the cats trolling along the air lines nibbling at the hanging algae. I've also seen them cruising the walls, mouth to the algae there.

If they're not eating it I have no idea where the algae has gone and I've never seen the SP's doing anything similar. They are only about 4 months old and still hit the pellets hard enough to fling them around.

I didn't know SP's went herbivore apart from (I think it was) Rupert saying he drops lettuce in the tank when the cold sends them off the food.
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