Catfish, no matter where they're fro, no matter what type, are surely the
greediest fish alive.
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Jeremy Tiemann wrote:
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 11:18:46 -0600
> From: Jeremy Tiemann <jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- greedy fish
>
> While working for the state fish and game during my undergrad days,
> we shocked up a 18" LMB that had a tail hanging out of its mouth.
> After a little coaxing, we found prey to be a 12" white crappie.
>
> Flathead catfishes are hogs too. If you like your native aquarium,
> do not let your pals talk you into dumping a 6" flathead in there.
> With in a week, Fred was the only one in there. He even at my studly
> O-spots and longears (some of which we nearly as big as Fred).
>
> > Traci- That smallie is just warming up! I speak from my own
> >experience.
> > Had a one fingerling smallmouth & a largemouth in my 120 gal years
> >back.
> > After a while (6-12 months?), a friend came over with over three
> >dozen
> > fathead minnows from the bait store. We were gonna sip a few beers
> > and watch the little, now 6", bass feed. He dumped the minnows in,
> >we
> > sat back, opened a few beers, looked up, and over three doz. minnows
> >were
> > gone! Total time - 45 seconds at the most. Each bass had its mouth
> >so jammed
> > full of fatheads, they couldn't close them. Then there was the time
> >we dumped
> > a dozen leeches in the tank.....
> >
> >
> > Brian
> > Bedford,OH
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