Is it worth it? Need advice.

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Just like an ATF. A vititus will only reach about 2ft. But because of there activing swimming prefference really they shouldnt even be kept in a tank.

My 10" bass covers more ground swimming in 10 mintutes then the redtail does in a week at 12".


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That doesn't matter. You may not see it move much but I bet once the lights go out it will be out and about. The point is to give your fish a good home. Like a lot of other members have said before would you rather in a house or a closet?


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doomiedee said:
Sure about that? This is how my old tsn looked in my 75. Witch is what your rtc will look like at 30" in a the 500.

http://youtu.be/omywYjhaO7A


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My Red tail rarly moves. Night or day. I get off at work at 1am come home to dark tanks. Hes probably not like other red tails due to his poor health when i first got him. So your probably right. Im just still not convinced he would need more then a peacock bass. Given there natural habits and swimming preferences.


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I wasnt really trying to say the tank is big enough for a RTC, moreso trying to understand how a fish thats 70% the size and swims faster and more often needs a smaller tank.


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LukeOscar said:
My Red tail rarly moves. Night or day. I get off at work at 1am come home to dark tanks. Hes probably not like other red tails due to his poor health when i first got him. So your probably right. Im just still not convinced he would need more then a peacock bass. Given there natural habits and swimming preferences.


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Trust me once he regains his strength it will be like night and day. What's wrong with him and how are you treating it.


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LukeOscar said:
I wasnt really trying to say the tank is big enough for a RTC, moreso trying to understand how a fish thats 70% the size and swims faster and more often needs a smaller tank.


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A healthy rtc can likely swim just as fast if not faster then a peacock bass. They just cruise because they are ambush predators they make their food come to them.


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doomiedee said:
Trust me once he regains his strength it will be like night and day. What's wrong with him and how are you treating it.


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He was underfed and in bad water from what i could tell. He has bad gill curl on 1 side and some odd looking scaring on his head. Fins were frayed. Hes good and healthy looking other then the Gill curl. I have been reading into trimming them.


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LukeOscar said:
He was underfed and in bad water from what i could tell. He has bad gill curl on 1 side and some odd looking scaring on his head. Fins were frayed. Hes good and healthy looking other then the Gill curl. I have been reading into trimming them.


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I have had him a year and hes grown only from 6" to 12". So im pretty sure hes taken permanent damage.


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