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Is it ok to put a 3 inch catfish in a 5 gallon tank?



 
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pet_lover2370
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:48 pm    Post subject: Is it ok to put a 3 inch catfish in a 5 gallon tank? Reply with quote
Question I want to know because I had 2 catfish and an algae eater in a 5 gallon tank. and one of them died... should I buy a bigger tank?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:00 am    Post subject: please i want to know Reply with quote
I NEED TO KNOW Crying or Very sad Arrow I need to know
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's no way that a five gallon would do for anything but maybe a lonely fighting fish. Your looking at over 100 gallons, and even that would be small, depending on what type of catfish your talking about.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:14 pm    Post subject: the catfish died yesterday... Reply with quote
I don't know what kind of catfish it was but he died yesterday and I got him yesterday Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
like hooben said your tank is way to small
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Let's keep everything in one thread:
http://www.auspet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14516

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