Asian RTC

[FishyBusiness]

been working at my lfs for a while now and have been wandering what was in this one tank which was so green you couldnt even see into it...
so i stood and watched for a while and saw this flash of white barbels go past the glass.. turns out it was an asian red tailed cat... so well i had to buy it..
got it in a 29 now, he/she is about 6" and will be going to a 65 next week... then eventually to a 500-600 gal next year... anyway was just wandering if anyone has any info on them
or if anyone knows where i can get some quality info?
will get some pics once he's settled down a bit

thanks in advance
Jono

 

[Cichla dude]

I keep an albino asian redtail cat(giving it to Nate tommrow in a trade for something) thats really aggresive. Their mean.

 

[octofasciatus]

They don't tolerate tankmates very well. Google them for Info.
I have had mine for nearly a year, it is around a foot long and just starting to lose it's shyness. In my opinion it is the most fascinating of my fish because it just oozes evil vibes.
Be prepared to have a large tank containing one fish.
Good luck.

 

[peewee]

got pics?

 

[Cichla dude]

pics please

 

[FishyBusiness]

got some pics
had to use flash though cause he wouldnt come out with the light on hehe

poking his nose out:

coming out a little further:

swimming about:

 

[Cichla dude]

got some pics
had to use flash though cause he wouldnt come out with the light on hehe

poking his nose out:

coming out a little further:

swimming about:

WOW he looks great!

 

[GaViN]

very nice fish

 

[Yanbbrox]

Congrats on the pick up

 

[FishyBusiness]

thanks every1... apparently you can identify sex by "Males possess a genital papilla just fore of the anal-fin." can you tell at this size?