how often do i feed my new cat he is 10inch long ive been giving two blood worm cubes a day is this enough or to much i dont want to mess up the water please help i got him on sat and he already hand feeds
feeding 10inch rtc help
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He needs more than bloodworms at 10". Try some smelts or shrimp. I feed mine every other day.
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Dude, fish love bloodworms but they are not a good source of protein. RTC are big. Big fish need protein and a varied diet. They eat anything but rather feed him healthy stuff and don't overfeed him as it is the most common cause of premature death in RTC. Feed him twice a week on quality stuff, then your water won't get messed up either. Feed only as much as he will eat in a short time, and as he grows you can feed him a bit more. Eventually he will outgow bloodworms and they won't be sufficient for him to live a long and happy life.
Get some sinking catfish pellets, raw shrimp and fish meat. They are omnivorous and burn lots of energy, so be sure to give him some extra protein-containing food (meaty stuff) with the catfish pellets (which contain plantfood as well). Because they are bottom-dwellers, make sure that the food intended for him sinks to the bottom. And you will have to do regular water changes, coz this fish poops a lot. Trust me on this. Hope this helps.
Get some sinking catfish pellets, raw shrimp and fish meat. They are omnivorous and burn lots of energy, so be sure to give him some extra protein-containing food (meaty stuff) with the catfish pellets (which contain plantfood as well). Because they are bottom-dwellers, make sure that the food intended for him sinks to the bottom. And you will have to do regular water changes, coz this fish poops a lot. Trust me on this. Hope this helps.
I fed my rtc shrimp and catfish filet. I was trying to get him big quick (as if that was a problem) and I packed him once a day. He grew 1" a week up to 15" when I gave him to a friend.
RTC 17" I feed feeders 2x a week, not a lot just for variety, He eats everything else. I want him off feeders. I had a big problem getting my PBass off feeders but now that the RTC ate the pBass I'm weening them off. All my Cats eat Carnivore and massavore and anything else I through in the tank. The rtc eats out of my hand and likes being petted. I did not like the the bloodworm cubes it made a big cloudy mess with half the cloud coming out of his gills as he ate. I have a new RTC 2" that I am only giving small pellets to with my community fish. I hope to catch him right before he starts to eat his tank mates.peanut;1207574;1207574 said:how often do i feed my new cat he is 10inch long ive been giving two blood worm cubes a day is this enough or to much i dont want to mess up the water please help i got him on sat and he already hand feeds
You should feed the RTC everytime he becomes really active and displays "prowling" behavior (the instinctive behavior that kicks in when the fish is very hungry), young RTC's need a lot of regular meals.
RTC are facultitive piscivores, that is, while they have evolved to catch and eat small fish, they also eat a variety of other small animals as well. A good RTC diet should thus contain more than just feeder fish- you should try feeding your RTC crayfish/lobsters, crabs, prawns, earthworms, bloodworms, mussels, and other meaty foods. Many will also take frozen whitebait and lancefish as well.
One of the many keys to good health in RTC is to give them a varied diet
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The main disadvantage of using live fish as food is the risk of introducing parasites and bacteria into the aquarium. Cheap, mass produced fish, especially goldfish, are maintained in squalid conditions. Mortality, even when these fish are kept as pets, is high. While one goldfish might only pose a small risk to a predator, the risk is cumulative over time. So if you feed a predatory fish a goldfish once every two or three days, even after only a few months the chance of infecting your pet fish with something nasty is virtually a certainty.
A second disadvantage is nutritional imbalance. Goldfish in particular are fatty and are not a healthy staple diet for most piscivorous fish. In the wild, piscivorous fishes will take a wide range of species, some herbivorous, others smaller predators. This means that the piscivorous fish will be able to obtain a correspondingly wide range of nutrients. Simply feeding one species of feeder fish is both unnatural and very likely unhealthy. This problem can, to a degree, be mitigated by "gut loading" feeder fish (see Best Practise, below). By contrast, flake and pellet foods have been carefully formulated to provide a perfect diet for fish. While it might seem monotonous to us, these prepared foods are actually the best all-round diet for most fish.
A third disadvantage is that some feeder fish (notably goldfish and rosy-red minnows) contain large amounts of the enzyme thiaminase. This breaks down thiamin (vitamin B1) and over time this will lead to serious health problems.
RTC are facultitive piscivores, that is, while they have evolved to catch and eat small fish, they also eat a variety of other small animals as well. A good RTC diet should thus contain more than just feeder fish- you should try feeding your RTC crayfish/lobsters, crabs, prawns, earthworms, bloodworms, mussels, and other meaty foods. Many will also take frozen whitebait and lancefish as well.
One of the many keys to good health in RTC is to give them a varied diet
.The main disadvantage of using live fish as food is the risk of introducing parasites and bacteria into the aquarium. Cheap, mass produced fish, especially goldfish, are maintained in squalid conditions. Mortality, even when these fish are kept as pets, is high. While one goldfish might only pose a small risk to a predator, the risk is cumulative over time. So if you feed a predatory fish a goldfish once every two or three days, even after only a few months the chance of infecting your pet fish with something nasty is virtually a certainty.
A second disadvantage is nutritional imbalance. Goldfish in particular are fatty and are not a healthy staple diet for most piscivorous fish. In the wild, piscivorous fishes will take a wide range of species, some herbivorous, others smaller predators. This means that the piscivorous fish will be able to obtain a correspondingly wide range of nutrients. Simply feeding one species of feeder fish is both unnatural and very likely unhealthy. This problem can, to a degree, be mitigated by "gut loading" feeder fish (see Best Practise, below). By contrast, flake and pellet foods have been carefully formulated to provide a perfect diet for fish. While it might seem monotonous to us, these prepared foods are actually the best all-round diet for most fish.
A third disadvantage is that some feeder fish (notably goldfish and rosy-red minnows) contain large amounts of the enzyme thiaminase. This breaks down thiamin (vitamin B1) and over time this will lead to serious health problems.
this is prob the best way to feed rtc's .... btw i made this vid..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59D8eG0xFY