Reply from the Aquarium in Amsterdam, RTC specs! Wow, he looked nearly 6 feet ... but just over 5 feet. STILL WAY BIG! I took pix of the big guy, the smaller one was nice too, but too far into the tank to see well (see link below for more pix). Great to have heard back from ARTIS.
Added a few pix to the forum gallery:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/2
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From: Eugène Bruins [mailto:e.bruins@artis.nl]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:15 AM
To:
sandee@sandeeland.com
Subject: FW: Visited your aquarium, question about the Red Tailed Cat
Dear Sandee,
The biggest one is about 160 cm long (5.25 feet). This one was bought in December 1972, about 30 cm (11.8 inches) big. The second one was bought in august 1973, the origin of the smallest one could not be found so quick.
Good question, since also I was surprised how old this catfish already is! Didn’t know that yet myself.
Thanks to very old notes of former former colleagues.
Best regards,
Eugène Bruins
Curator lower vertebrates & invertebrates
Artis Royal Zoo Amsterdam
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, 1018 CZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P.o. box 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)20 5233 454
Fax: +31 (0)20 5233 419
E-mail:
e.bruins@artis.nl
internet:
www.artis.nl
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Sandee | NJ
Freshwater:
125g - Oscars, Col. Sharks, Rotkiel, Parrots, Flagtail, Geophagus, Goby, Royal Pleco, Silver Dollars
(2) 125g - Ton of Synos n Cichlids
75g - Un-happy Oscar, Dithers
55g - Happy Buttakoferi in solitary
55g - Little RTC, soon to be big RTC
29g - Moody Mbu Puffer
29g - Happy Fahaka
20g - Very cheerful GS Puffer
15g - My little Cichlid Babies!
10g - Quarintine Tank
Saltwater:
75g - Porcupine Puffer, Tang
90g - 6 Damsels, just getting the tank started ...
Live Fishcam:
http://www.sandeeland.com/fishcam
