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Step 1
Place the catfish in a large tank. Certain breeds of catfish can grow very large and should be put in a tank that gives them plenty of room to grow. Catfish can be placed with other fish in an aquarium.
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Step 2
Keep the water quality neutral. You don't want to keep the water too acidic if you plan to keep catfish inside your aquarium. Use aquarium chemicals to control the water quality.
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Step 3
Give the catfish worms or flake food to eat. Catfish are not picky eaters and will enjoy traditional fish food as well as blood worms. Either of these choices can be bought at your local pet store.
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Step 4
Check the water temperature. Catfish prefer colder water than most fish. You are likely to find that catfish are going to be happiest if the water stays around 70 degrees F.
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Step 5
Put in aquarium additions to allow the catfish to search for food. Place gravel at the bottom of the aquarium as well as tunnels that they can swim through.
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Step 6
Use lights that are low. Catfish are not going to be happy with bright aquarium lights. Put in bulbs with a very low wattage.
Comments
catholicteen said
on 8/10/2009 Good advise, four stars! But I heard that cat fish help control the algea by actually eating it, is that rue?
AtlantisChild said
on 7/31/2008 "I do have catfish in our aquarium, I am having a problem with the water always getting cloudy, what am I doing wrong?"
If you just started out it is a bacterial bloom and is safe and natural. It will go away soon.
If not, check the Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels. If they are high (esp. ammonia) that will muck up water. If one or more is real high do small water changes over a few days till the levels are safe again.
How is you filter? A good filter should rem,oce the cloudyness if it is just fine debris in the water. An airstone or babubbler will not do this.
"Keep the water quality neutral. You don't want to keep the water too acidic if you plan to keep catfish inside your aquarium. Use aquarium chemicals to control the water quality."
Eek! Do not use chemicals unless you have to. They are unreliable for changing pH and may hurt your fish. Catfish have a
AtlantisChild said
on 7/31/2008 Sorry 'bout that. Looks like ther's a character limit. Here's the rest of what I was trying to say
Catfish have a safe pH range in which you do fine. If you need to bring your pH down use natural water such as rainwater, distilled water or demineralized water mixed in when you do you water changes. At least till your water stablizes, which it should. Make sure any rocks or sand you add to your tank will not change you water pH or in any other way.
- Atlantis
AtlantisChild said
on 7/31/2008 "I do have catfish in our aquarium, I am having a problem with the water always getting cloudy, what am I doing wrong?"
If you just started out it is a bacterial bloom and is safe and natural. It will go away soon.
If not, check the Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels. If they are high (esp. ammonia) that will muck up water. If one or more is real high do small water changes over a few days till the levels are safe again.
How is you filter? A good filter should rem,oce the cloudyness if it is just fine debris in the water. An airstone or babubbler will not do this.
"Keep the water quality neutral. You don't want to keep the water too acidic if you plan to keep catfish inside your aquarium. Use aquarium chemicals to control the water quality."
Eek! Do not use chemicals unless you have to. They are unreliable for changing pH and may hurt your fish. Catfish have a
AtlantisChild said
on 7/31/2008 "I do have catfish in our aquarium, I am having a problem with the water always getting cloudy, what am I doing wrong?"
If you just started out it is a bacterial bloom and is safe and natural. It will go away soon.
If not, check the Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels. If they are high (esp. ammonia) that will muck up water. If one or more is real high do small water changes over a few days till the levels are safe again.
How is you filter? A good filter should rem,oce the cloudyness if it is just fine debris in the water. An airstone or babubbler will not do this.
"Keep the water quality neutral. You don't want to keep the water too acidic if you plan to keep catfish inside your aquarium. Use aquarium chemicals to control the water quality."
Eek! Do not use chemicals unless you have to. They are unreliable for changing pH and may hurt your fish. Catfish have a