I Need help, please I.D this Catfish

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im confused.. whats the diffrence between the asian and the amazonian red tail catfish. im sorrry, i'm still new to the hobby..

here is a another pic for the rtc

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those are the only pics i have for the time being.

PS: im sorry for posting again so frequently but i failed to find the edit key.

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google asian rtc and red tail catfish sa and you will see, the asian and the south americans are both big fish i just believe the asian has a nastier attitude
 
macframalama said:
google asian rtc and red tail catfish sa and you will see, the asian and the south americans are both big fish i just believe the asian has a nastier attitude
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Yeah i did some searching an found out that the asian red tail catfish is locally called a baung, so now i know that the one i own is an amazonian. :)

thebiggerthebetter said:
You appear to be shopping/buying a very serious, advanced fish for someone so new to the hobby, mate :) :) :) Your RTC and RTCxTSN will be at 2' mark in 1 year and 3' in 2 years, 4' in 4-5 years.

ARTC: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=19

RTC: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=305

Edit is only available the first 30 min after you post. Then it disappears.
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thanks for the link it was very useful, i was fooled by my LFS.. told me that a juvenile TSN will turn silver overtime and the spots it has will eventually stretch out into stripes.:irked:

yes i'm aware of the growth rates of the specimens, and i'm currently working on a new tank for them.

aaahh so it only appears for 30 mins thanks for pointing that out :)

The RTC breaths through the atmosphere right? i have never seen mine do that.. is it normal?
 
IndicaINA said:
so now i know that the one i own is an amazonian. :)
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Absolutely.

IndicaINA said:
The RTC breaths through the atmosphere right?
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Not at all. Many fish are able to supplement water breathing with air breathing - walking cats, pangasiidae, gars, arapaima, gouramies, etc. RTC is not one of them. There is no fish I know that breathes exclusively air.
 
Now why can't i find a nice hybrid like that here? lol Very nice fish.
 
karaig19 said:
lol same hes lucky it doesnt have a missing eye. tsn x rtc usually end up with missing eyes or no eyes.
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missing eyes? how come? is it because bad genes or was it somekind of injury from shipment?


Does anybody have a picture for adult TSN x RTC? please do share..
 
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