My RTG

classic-chassis · Sep 14, 2008

Got it on Friday night, had a few problems with a tank mate to start with.
It's a small orange parrot fish that wouldn't stop growing and it was eating everything i put in the tank for the Arow. I set up a convict iso tank for it.
The arow is swimming on patrol nd seems happy.
I tried feeder sticks, it tried them and spat them out, i tried market shrimp, it tried them and spat it out.
It's used to small river shrimp and live crickets, so i bought some small river shrimp for now.
I will starve it to eat sticks and market shrimp when it's settled in more. It hunting the small shrimp most of the time.
My camera skills aren't too good, I have a reasonable camera but in darkness the light from the tank is not enough. Any tips welcome.
Regarding the banjar reds, i'm already happy i didn't buy one, this fish was only 100$US more than the red i was thining about. 300$US.
One other thing, the guy in the shop told me to keep the lights on 24/7 to help it's colours come out for the next few months.
It's chipped and i have a cert.
comments welcome, I'm in the Arow club!! :headbang2

ctoychik · Sep 14, 2008

Good on you ^^ definitely a good decision to get an RTG instead of the banja red. I would not recommend to live light on 24/7.

Chok dee na krub ^^

Hot Slime · Sep 14, 2008

Good luck with the starving, very nice RTG by the way.

jay17 · Sep 14, 2008

and another person got the aro addiction sickness.. keep it up bro! goodluck with the rtg!

classic-chassis · Sep 14, 2008

In another thread someone said "we may as well just sedate ourselves and stare at the fish all day to notice minute changes in behavior."

Sounds like heaven.
I can't stop watching it, the way they swim is outstanding. It sees a shrimp on the other side of the tank and turns into a missle to catch it.
Out standing!

aeri · Sep 14, 2008

glad you got the RTG instead

classic-chassis · Oct 12, 2008

2 month update, my RTG now eats about one and a hlaf M.Shrip per day with a pellet stuck in every piece fead to it.
It's getting bigger by the day.
In the first photos it's very difficult to see and hard for me to take a good picture but a white mark has appeared. It it the scale directly behind it's head plate, The fist scale on its back (spine). No cut just whiteish. The scale is still there. One of my tubes was out when i got home so i figure it jumped and hit the hood. (tempremental tubes)
swiming normally though and eating like a pig.
Any need to worry?