KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Hi, I'm KittenFishMom because I raised about 70 fry bullhead catfish this summer. I have natural native fish in my tanks in the garage at the lake cottage. I look forward to learning a lot from this forum !! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Welcome to the forum, 70 bullheads wow do you have ponds? or do you sell them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 I got my first tank, a 120 gallon glass tank this spring. (I need wide open spaces, room to make the big mistakes) When I caught the bullhead fry, you could put 5 across your thumbnail. I almost stepped on a parent that was guarding them. Thanks to Aquarium CoOp's easy fry food and brine shrimp and other random fry foods, they grew fast. When they were about 2 inches long a give most of them to someone looking to stock a new pond. So no I don't have a pond, and no I don't sell anything I catch. Last weekend, we thinned out the tank again. it had 57 yellow perch, 7 sunfish/bluegill/rock bass, 3 baby bullheads and way too many snails and crayfish to count. I kept about 20 perch, which a friend was going to use for bait (I check with the DEC and if they are used in the water they came from, it is OK). I know a teacher that wants the sunfish/etc and some of the others. I also have 5 active adult mudpuppies in the big tank, The teacher will take some of them for her classroom too. Mudpuppies are amazing to watch swim and wander around. They are big, so you need a big tank. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Ahhh I see, and you have all native fish that’s awesome. There have been a few real interesting threads and journals about different native fish set ups on here last couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Welcome! I don't think I'd seen a pic of a bullhead catfish before. Having native species is interesting. Does that mean that if you end up with too many, you can release them into the same water you got them from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Welcome to the forum, please share pictures of your fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Some of my yellow perch feeding: https://thenativetank.tumblr.com/post/666055982688894976/feeding-time-in-the-perch-tank-i-just-dropped-in A mirror carp. It did not go into a tank, so it might be off topic, but a very interesting mutation of the common carp. Their scale pattern is unique and stay the same throughout its life, so I will know if I catch the same one in a few years: This link has the text I put with the photo: https://thenativetank.tumblr.com/post/665421799524319232/i-caught-this-mirror-carp-in-owasco-lake-one-of Just the photo: https://thenativetank.tumblr.com/image/665421799524319232 Edited October 28, 2021 by KittenFishMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 OK with native fish you must be VERY careful. I super cleaned all the equipment and let it dry for a few weeks. All substrate and filter media is new. Nothing goes into the tank that did not come from the lake or soil around the cottage on the lake. Any other food is frozen or dried, and stored in the deep freeze. I run a brine shrimp colony in a 10 gallon tank and I use only lake water to make the salt water and to fill the fresh water tanks. If I release fish into the lake, I net them out of the tank and put them in a bucket of fresh lake water, and then repeat. We own the cottage on the lake and I do not want to introduce anything into the lake that does not belong there. There is really not going back with invasive species. We want to enjoy the lake and it's wildlife for decades to come ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishPlanet Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Welcome to the forum! I have never heard of bullhead catfish before. 😄 Looking forward to seeing pics of your fish and more! 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) To CalmedByFish : Here are same great photos of baby bullhead catfish. I call them "kittenfish" my husband calls them "calfhead-fish". (There may be a better way to link the photos, but I am a newbie and don't know much about it) https://thenativetank.tumblr.com/post/659258652097724416#notes Edited October 30, 2021 by KittenFishMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenFishMom Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 I don't have any adult bullheads in my tanks right now. There are 3 varieties, black, brown and yellow. If you google "bullhead catfish" and click images, you will see lots of images (not all bullheads, but you win some and lose the rest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/28/2021 at 5:16 PM, KittenFishMom said: Here are same great photos of baby bullhead catfish. I call them "kittenfish" my husband calls them "calf-fish". (There may be a better way to link the photos, but I am a newbie and don't know much about it) https://thenativetank.tumblr.com/post/659258652097724416#notes From the front, that looks like a surprised smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindabee53 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Welcome! This is so interesting - I didn't know it was a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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