Question RTC

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lelid26

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Hello, I am new to MFK and I visit it everyday, being very interesting.

I have a redtail catfish for the past 5 months, now being about 15cm long. Today after feeding it, it vomited everything...or nearly everything. Now it is resting on the bottom of the aquarium but gasping. Apart from a water change what should I do?

Thanks
 
My tank is 550 litres. I have currently a trickle filter at about 2200 litres per hour and another two Attman filters with a combined power of about 1500 litres per hour. i use to feed him about once every two days, filling him realy to the full and the next day he will not be searching for food at all.
 
Bogwoodbruce;2364129; said:
Im curious, how big is your tank? what filteration are you running? And how often do you feed?

You had your RTC for 5 months and its only 6". They grow really fast, even one that is fed every few days should be bigger than that. It sounds like it could be stunted.
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hmmm strange, he has a 100+g tank. May he measured the little kittie wrong :naughty:

Vomiting is not unusual for the RTC, gasping is a bit more worring though.

Water change is the only thing i can think of too and don't overfeed cos RTC will over eat
 
A waterchange and less food. Get a test kit and check your water parameters. Was the tank cycled before you added the RTC? Are there any tank mates?
 
Hello. I bought the RTC at about one inch and now it is 15-20cm long. The tank was already cycled and had fish in it, for about the past 7 months now.

He has some tanks mates like 3 clarias about 13-14 inch each, an asian upside down catfish nearly 1 foot, 3 high fin plecos, sorubim lima shovel nose at about 11 inch, and a 10 inch giant gourami.....but they do not disturb him at all. However, I have plans taht in the near future I will upgrade to an indoor pond.

The even worrying thing ....when i woke up...i found that he has a bag like structure comming out from between his gills...I checked him out and I think he vomited his stomach out since it seems to be connected to the inside and has veins on it....He is still gasping and I am noticing that the skin over his head is getting wrinkled. However he is still on the bottom of the aquarium and can swim "normally". I think this is a lost case....
 
Hello, the RTC is back to normal....not gasping and the bag like structure just disappeared. However he looks a bit stressed, otherwise normal but not gasping! Now I think I will leave him 2-3days without food and then I will try to give him just a few to test. What do you think? Btw...thanks for the help!
 
Btw....anyone has a clue on what that bag like thing, that came out from his right gill was?

Until now he is ok...ie...not gasping and moving around quite normally.

Thanks
 
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