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cat fish or not.
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Posted by deesee uk n (My Page) on Sat, Apr 30, 05 at 10:52
| i have just expanded my pond from 6ftx5ft to 14ftx9ft, it took my daughter and i 3 weeks and several bayling out`s to get it done. I had 5 golden orfe 12 minnows and a cat fish in the small pond, because they were in a relatively small container for 3 weeks, i decided to put them straight back into the pond, in the small pond i hardly saw the minnows, but in the larger pond i can see them shoaling all the time with the golden orfe, so i am glad that i kept them. My delema is with the cat fish,i read in a well informed book "i would never put a catfish in my pond" but there was no explanation as to why, does anyone have an answer. |
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RE: cat fish or not.
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 30, 05 at 15:25
| They tend to eat your fish when they get big and hungry thats why lol, cat fish are mainly scavengers, but they will take a sleepy fish if its availiable and some catfish can get rather large rather quick! |
RE: cat fish or not.
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| European catfish or Wels are predators capable of growing to 200-300lb and 8' long. They'll eventually eat the other fish in the pond, so not a great pond fish. |
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