Just picked up this guy last week. Currently in a 75 gallon and eating ham, turkey, shrimp and pellets. This is my first MFK post, and I will be updating his growth!
New Red Tail Catfish
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Cutie! I hope you have a massive tank or pond for when he gets bigger. He'll outgrow that 75 in 6 months max!
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Looks like it could be a hybrid maybe? Or I could be wrong, handsome fella tho
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He is a spotted red tail catfish, which means he just has a lot of spots in his genetic gene pool. I got him from Rainforest Farms International. And I have a 300 gallon tub which should last a year or two after he outgrows the 75
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I think I've never come across such a variant before. Can you please provide more photos?
Ham and turkey is not a good food for him. I'd stay with aquatic fleshy foods.
I think I've never come across such a variant before. Can you please provide more photos?
Ham and turkey is not a good food for him. I'd stay with aquatic fleshy foods.
Cute lil' guy.. most of them when little have the spotting on their heads ime then it fades out as they grow... which is fast. Not sure if the spots compleatly vanish w/ age or if their black heads simply "hide" them? =) looking forward to pictures and questions in the future as well as build/filter threads!
Cute little guy. I'll be looking forward to lots of pics.
And to reiterate what TBTB said, ham and turkey aren't healthy foods for him. Stick with fish, shrimp, and pellets if you can
And to reiterate what TBTB said, ham and turkey aren't healthy foods for him. Stick with fish, shrimp, and pellets if you can
I'll post more pics in the next couple days. He almost never comes out from his terra cotta pot unless it's dark. I'm feeding him shrimp stuffed with carnivore pellets because he doesn't like plain pellets and the ham and turkey is just a treat
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Here is a pic of him from this morning. He stays in this pot all day until the lights go out. His name is Shamu
Also he has pretty bad gill curl on his right side. I'm guessing he was in bad water before I got him. Anything I can do to fix it? I've seen people cut it off but he is so little it would be hard to do so. Thanks
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