Picked up a red tailed catfish, spotted gar and fire eel today they are doing great so far, there in my 45 QT tank and will be switched to my 125 shortly!
Cute little guys!
To be honest, the RTC will be your only fish very soon if you plan on keeping them together.
The gar and eel are very slow growers and will be snack sized very soon. (The eel already is at risk, if not the gar too.)
What are your plans for housing the RTC in the next 6 months?
My plans are a 270 gallon pond (indoor since I live in jersey) it doesn't sound like a lot of gallons for a RTC but the lay out is 10' by 6'. And is he really tht aggressive? I know he will eat what fits in his mouth but is he rally capable of killing my 10" tire track and my 6" birchirs and my 4" gar?? Now I'm nervouse lol
Yeah that's still not big enough for an RTC really. I'd say 12' square footprint would be the smallest got a full grown RTC.
Also for reference, I had an RTC in a 10g grow out with a full grown betta (not ideal I know by the RTC was literally 1" and the betta was 3". Also I was dumb and noob then) long story short, betta disappeared. An RTC is a stomach with a mouth and fins. I've seen an 18" RTC take down 16" clown knife and 17" gar.
Had a rtc back in the day with a tank too small bought a Florida far just as long as the rtc 8 inches and he still ate him so very soon you'll probably just be keeping an rtc
