Keeping Yellow Bullheads

KittyFish · Post by **KittyFish** » 02 Feb 2003, 07:55

I went to the petshop today to surprisingly see baby (less than inch or most a inch) yellow bullheads. How big do they get? Would a 29 gallon be enough for one or maybe even two since they are bottom dwellers? I caught a channel catfish from a creek a year ago and had him for two years in a ten gallon-by himself because he'd eat anything. He got to about 4 1/2 and I started feeding him feeder guppies and he caught a disease from them:(....and died.

Post by **Silurus** » 02 Feb 2003, 10:32

Yellow bullheads can grow up to 460 mm (18") in the wild, but more likely reach 300mm (12") in an aquarium, so a 29-gallon tank might be a tad too small for even one of them.
The channel cat would've grown even bigger than that.

KittyFish · Post by **KittyFish** » 02 Feb 2003, 18:24

Yeahh....I think my catfish idea is out.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 03 Feb 2003, 01:35

Nice fish but they get god damm big...lol.