nasty catfish!!!!

[ostromk45]

I have a 40 gallon freshwater with a large bull head catfish a large pleco and 2 other large fish. My problem is catfish are very dirty I clean the tank and one day later the filters are so clogged water barely flows threw two days later and there is lots of poo all over the bottom. I so sick of the tank being nasty all the time I want to get rid of the catfish but my wife wont let me. Is there anything I can do to solve this?

 

[GrendelPrime]

get better filtration and do more water changes, what kind of filters are u rocking now?

 

[ostromk45]

I have no idea the brand but its for a 50 gallon it is pretty old though. I have had it around 9 years and I dont know how long my dad had it before that lol.

 

[PEMfish]

Too small. On a set up like this I would aim for filtration rated for 80-120 gallons.

You also need to be doing weekly 20% water changes.

Keep in mind that the tank just might not be big enough for that fish.

 

[Eric]

I have had those catfist and they are messy as suggest above go with larger filtration but you may also want to consider a larger tank, although that is just a though not sure of the size of your fish but if they are large the tank is probably to small.

 

[StirCrayzy]

Do you Have any undergravel Filter setup? They aren't real pretty, but functional.
That alone almost doubles the time my cartridge filters will take to clog ( Magnum 350 and Whisper 40).

+1 on tank too small, The Cat and Pleco alone being 10"+ fish as adult +2 more "big" fish (8" ish adults ?)