View Full Version : My ARTC, big and bold at over 20". For Headbanger_jib Load warning.
Mystus Redtail
10-29-2008, 10:36 PM
My namesake, I got him January 2007 at around 2.5-3". For reference that is an ac110 that he dwarfs.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/11/artc1cd7.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/830/artc2lx8.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2987/artc3ao0.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8938/artc4hw5.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7985/artc5tu1.jpg
Sassy
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5859/artc6ux4.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9716/artc7nq0.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8376/artc8fj8.jpg
I'm looking forward to your comments. :)
Mystus Redtail
10-29-2008, 10:37 PM
What's on the other side of the divider you ask? Well...
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1521/artc9tr6.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8734/artc10ys6.jpg
Onion01
10-29-2008, 10:38 PM
beautiful! he looks so calm too. have you tried tankmates? :D
kntrygrl4lyfe
10-29-2008, 10:42 PM
Very beautiful! Love that red tail! Can't wait for mine to get that size
Mystus Redtail
10-29-2008, 10:43 PM
He did great until about 10-12", even with edible sized tankmates, then he got more space to himself and from then on everything else is just swimming food.
wayne the pain
10-30-2008, 2:23 AM
Yeh i love it, great looking fish. Refreshing change to see something different other than the usual RTC, TSN, and all the hybrid's in between.
Keep us updated on it. ;)
Bogwoodbruce
10-30-2008, 6:11 AM
Wow hes grown loads!
i remember when you bought him and he was tiny!
Mystus Redtail
10-30-2008, 9:39 AM
Thanks guys, I moved the TSN out of there when the ARTC started banging on the divider last night.
headbanger_jib
11-03-2008, 1:08 AM
OMFG that artc is a real beast
how come he is not hiding and cruising around the tank all proud
and he is quite huge and fat too, unlike mine, who is quite thin as he eats once in a while and is more focussed on terrorising the pleco in his tank
a few of the pics where he is in full glory is a treat to the eyes, how did ya get him to pose for you
great fish and great pics
haven't been online much thats the reason i have missed such a great thread :irked:
Mystus Redtail
11-03-2008, 8:29 AM
Well, the divider was no match for him, and the hybrid was a target. I pulled the Hybrid out and gave him his own tank again. This guy now has the whole 6 ft tank to himself. He hates the heater, and spends time banging it around. I put it in the corner behind the divider and piled rocks next to it and so far he hasn't figured out how to get to it again.
he is quite huge and fat tooHe hasn't settled into a good eating pattern in this new tank yet, but as of last week(In his old tank) he was eating 12-15 Massivore pellets per day, sometimes more. Also shrimp tails and nightcrawlers.
Onion01
11-03-2008, 8:46 AM
does he attack your hand? Glass bang?
Mystus Redtail
11-03-2008, 8:56 AM
Well, I give him plenty of space. When I drop his food in he usually hits the surface of the water so hard with a sucking motion that it makes a loud pop. It's enough to keep my fingers back. I do pet him from time to time as he swims past my hand while I'm doing tank maintenance, but I stay away from his mouth.