I have a Red Tail Catfish that I count as part of the family. His name is Poseidon. But, I ran into an issue with my current tank. Well the tank works fine.. But, its not quite big enough to support him later on. Right now he's about 6 or 7 inches big and is currently inside a 46 gallon bow front fish tank. I am not quite sure how/what I need to build him a bigger tank. I would like to make a 300g tank or something close to it that way I don't have to worry to much about him. As I don't want to give him back to the store since I don't want someone else hurting him or killing him. I really need help with this. Thank you so much.
Need help with bigger tank for Red Tail Catifsh
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I think you'll need to go a bit bigger than 300g if you want something you won't have to worry about later on...
There are plenty of great builds here, start searching and decide on how you want to build it and how big you want to go.
There are plenty of great builds here, start searching and decide on how you want to build it and how big you want to go.
A minimum size tank for a full grown (4-5 feet) is 1000+ gallons.(from wiki but its still true)
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really? 1000g for 1 rtc? ok realistically forget abput volume... your catfish will only use the bottom. he will grow up to a likely size around 4' growing super quickly in the firat few years. you will want a pond or pool to keep him for life. a tank with more than 5' width would be plenty as they arent super active. they are bottomless pits for food and need frequent waterhanges to offset the gazillion pounds of food they will consume and poop. ur 46g should b good for about the first 3 months of its life then it needs a major upgrade. good luck
Yea 1000g really isn't that much. Personally I would build a 10x6x3 if I had one. That comes out to over 1300 gallons.
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It shows to repeat how all the new players should read and be aware of fish that you get before purchasing. You already made progress in joining this forum and asking for help. The fast solution is to buy one of those portable pools which gives you a lot of time to figure out what to do. Your RTG will grow really quick don't over stuff it and let it grow a bit slower. Good luck!!