Creating dwarf RTC

[Mod123]

(this is a copy of a reddit post I made apologies for the strange wording)


So, there is this species of catfish, the redtailed catfish, and this smaller species of catfish called the synodontis petricola. I am wondering if they are possible to be bred? The red-tail has been bred with the Paroon shark which is another catfish that diverges in the same spot of the scientific naming shceme. Apoligies if this is a dumb question, i haven't yet studied bioligy at school and all my info is from wikipedia.


Siluriformes Pimelodidae Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (red tailed catfish)
Siluriformes Pangasiidae Pangasius sanitwongsei ( paroon shark)
Siluriformes Mochokidae Synodontis petricola (petricola catfish)

 

[Tristan's 6000 Fish]

The red tail catfish is a massive fish. The perticola catfish is ,IMO, not so large. I'm not 100% sure, but I do not believe they could be breed successfully.

 

[AnomalocarisAquatics]

A redtail catfish becomes mature at around 60cm. There is no way to breed Synodontis petricola and a Redtail because the redtail will eat the Synodontis.

 

[Mod123]

A redtail catfish becomes mature at around 60cm. There is no way to breed Synodontis petricola and a Redtail because the redtail will eat the Synodontis.

i thought about that was was planning on doing what some commerial breeders do and extract the reproductive cells and mix them manually

 

[AnomalocarisAquatics]

i thought about that was was planning on doing what some commerial breeders do and extract the reproductive cells and mix them manually

Idk about that

 

[Mod123]

Idk about that

i saw a video of someone squeezing a carp and all these eggs came out into a bucket of semen, idk if catfish work the same way or not tho

 

[Midwater]

idk

There is a lot of 'I Don't Know' in what you are suggesting.

Your fanciful ideas are not in line with what I consider fishkeeping.

 

[Mod123]

There is a lot of 'I Don't Know' in what you are suggesting.

Your fanciful ideas are not in line with what I consider fishkeeping.

why

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

I think this is biologically impossible since RTCs are so big that they would eat anything smaller than you tried to breed with. It would take years of research and experiments to come remotely close to your suggestion.

 

[Caveden]

why

Basically going against the laws of nature by creating hybrids which are manmade. No species should breed with another entirely different species naturally, this just creates a genetically mutated fish which may have a shorter lifespan, mutated body parts etc. it should just be one purebred species.
In the wild, you would never see a redtail x paroon shark hybrid.