Never feed fish any terrestrial animal. Never meant to eat that stuff. Can feed a basic pellet for cichlids or whatever ur lfs has. Shrimp is fine but should be a snack.
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... but I have stupidly fallen for a Red Tail catfiish without any idea where I would put him,
*****In a body of water meeting or exceeding the basic humane keeping requirements?
what tank size would he require
*****the length of at least 4x the RTC length and the width at least 2x the RTC length at any point in its life
, would he stunt in size in a smaller tank
*****likely
and if so does that matter?
*****Of course. IMHO.
What are snags? Ive read that these are the only decoration they can have ,
*****IDK. First time I hear this.
rocks are out as they could break the glass with them.
*****Some keep theirs in ponds without the glass or with windows not reaching all the way to the bottom of the enclosure.
I was reading a post about some indoor swimming pools but I can't find the link to it now.
*****You can start by reading the stickie threads in this section, as well as try the search. It works well. Also google pulls up MFK stuff readily.
How do you cope with water changes, how much and how often
*****The target is to keep your nitrate reading not too much higher than your tap / incoming water. Say if you tap / well / incoming water has 0-10 ppm of nitrates, I'd shoot for no more than 20-40 ppm. Better 20 ppm.
the bio load must be huge,
*****For adult RTC, the bioload is comparable with that of a child, I guess.
I won't live feed him, it is illegal here in the UK and I don't agree with it anyway, Feeding live mice to piranhas, and rabbits to snakes is unbelievably cruel in my opinion.
*****RTC need not live feed at all.
So, what can I feed him,
*****I feed mine pellets and thawed fish.
also he cant have any tank mates as he would obviously try to eat those as well., saw a film of one eating a whole carp, took him ages but he squeezed it down and then looked really fat afterwards. I felt sorry for the carp.
*****You can have plenty of tankmates with an RTC but less so as it grows. You can check out my RTC thread to see what worked and what hasn't for me. https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...sh-at-fish-story-aquariuma-and-rescue.699790/
also heating and filtration I don't really know where to start.
*****?? You have kept fish for 20 years. It is all the same. Just bigger. 1000x times bigger than for a synodontis. Is all. If you're not made of money, it will require some DIY.
... I haven't actually got an RTC I had one on order and cancelled it as I still wasn't happy I could accommodate him.
*****Smart.
can they eat meat like chicken? or should it always be fish of some kind, shrimp is no problem don't see tilapia here much , again I wouldn't feed it live.
*****Kno4te said it all. Avoid any non-aquatic feed, I'd recommend.
Is there a gallery here of what others own/ have set up?
*****There are Video and Photo sections on the bottom of the main page. Also, there is a section on filtration, DIY, etc. Also, as you do your reading of the search hits and the stickies, etc. you will be seeing those as well.
*****In a body of water meeting or exceeding the basic humane keeping requirements?
what tank size would he require
*****the length of at least 4x the RTC length and the width at least 2x the RTC length at any point in its life
, would he stunt in size in a smaller tank
*****likely
and if so does that matter?
*****Of course. IMHO.
What are snags? Ive read that these are the only decoration they can have ,
*****IDK. First time I hear this.
rocks are out as they could break the glass with them.
*****Some keep theirs in ponds without the glass or with windows not reaching all the way to the bottom of the enclosure.
I was reading a post about some indoor swimming pools but I can't find the link to it now.
*****You can start by reading the stickie threads in this section, as well as try the search. It works well. Also google pulls up MFK stuff readily.
How do you cope with water changes, how much and how often
*****The target is to keep your nitrate reading not too much higher than your tap / incoming water. Say if you tap / well / incoming water has 0-10 ppm of nitrates, I'd shoot for no more than 20-40 ppm. Better 20 ppm.
the bio load must be huge,
*****For adult RTC, the bioload is comparable with that of a child, I guess.
I won't live feed him, it is illegal here in the UK and I don't agree with it anyway, Feeding live mice to piranhas, and rabbits to snakes is unbelievably cruel in my opinion.
*****RTC need not live feed at all.
So, what can I feed him,
*****I feed mine pellets and thawed fish.
also he cant have any tank mates as he would obviously try to eat those as well., saw a film of one eating a whole carp, took him ages but he squeezed it down and then looked really fat afterwards. I felt sorry for the carp.
*****You can have plenty of tankmates with an RTC but less so as it grows. You can check out my RTC thread to see what worked and what hasn't for me. https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...sh-at-fish-story-aquariuma-and-rescue.699790/
also heating and filtration I don't really know where to start.
*****?? You have kept fish for 20 years. It is all the same. Just bigger. 1000x times bigger than for a synodontis. Is all. If you're not made of money, it will require some DIY.
... I haven't actually got an RTC I had one on order and cancelled it as I still wasn't happy I could accommodate him.
*****Smart.
can they eat meat like chicken? or should it always be fish of some kind, shrimp is no problem don't see tilapia here much , again I wouldn't feed it live.
*****Kno4te said it all. Avoid any non-aquatic feed, I'd recommend.
Is there a gallery here of what others own/ have set up?
*****There are Video and Photo sections on the bottom of the main page. Also, there is a section on filtration, DIY, etc. Also, as you do your reading of the search hits and the stickies, etc. you will be seeing those as well.
Well I can't find the photo forum and what I'm looking for is pictures of what other big fish owners are keeping their fish in, glass aquariums with filtration, huge plastic tanks? I'm looking for ideas and I can't seem to find anything ,feeling somewhat frustrated I think it's ba
Have you looked at the stickie threads in this forum?
Have you looked at my thread?
This is photo forum and video forum:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forums/photo-lounge.53/
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forums/video-lounge.105/
Have you looked at my thread?
This is photo forum and video forum:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forums/photo-lounge.53/
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forums/video-lounge.105/
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I'm really happy you decided to cancel that order. Unfortunately a lot of people sell 2-inch babies in pet stores. Unless you're prepared to dedicate 20 years and thousands and thousands of dollars to this fish I wouldn't get one. I see too many stupid people having no idea what this bright little fish is and buy it off a whim. Next morning they wake up to see all the goldfish in their 10g gone. And then...well you know. Won't be long before RTC's start popping up in FL's rivers.
Well zack what the hell his last name is. But hes called catch em all fishing on youtube and is a frequent visitor at rodrigos predatoryfins released a red tail behind his house in an closed smal lake but still. They have catched tsn in some small canal. Same goes with gatorgars and ****loads of cichlids of assorted species inkl red devils and oscars. All in FL. Since he started to release youtube videos of his redtails ****loads of young guys started to buy redtails and other monsters.
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Him and some of the guys he’s around do a lot many here wouldn’t agree with. Or so I like to think. Lol
