Realistically How Big do RTC's Get..

[aidenb]

these are just fish and not humans

they are still a living creature and should be provided with the best possible care.

 

[slednex11]

i agree with aidenb 100%

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

they are still a living creature and should be provided with the best possible care.

I see you have a jardini, that too is a living creature and if you want it to be provided with the best possible care go buy it a 3,000 gallon tank just for it.
Honestly these are just fish, yes you should take good care of them but you don't have to make your tank a Four Seasons Resort. Theres a difference between taking good care of your fish and treating them like kings.

 

[jartist15]

Very interesting thread, I was really in the illusion they were 5 foot monsters

 

[Industrial]

We got two at work in a 16'x4'x5' tank and the largest of the two is no more than 30'. The red tail cats are also a lot less active than young RTCs and rarely use more than 8' of the tank at once from what I see. During feeding they may use 12' of the length, but are very slow. I would say that 480 gallons would be enough (the equivalent of four 120s) to comfortably house a RTC for life.

 

[zenyoungkoh]

LEAVE MONSTERS IN THE WILD.

 

[Will Hayward]

We got two at work in a 16'x4'x5' tank and the largest of the two is no more than 30'. The red tail cats are also a lot less active than young RTCs and rarely use more than 8' of the tank at once from what I see. During feeding they may use 12' of the length, but are very slow. I would say that 480 gallons would be enough (the equivalent of four 120s) to comfortably house a RTC for life.

Is that store The Fish Place in Lockport? Is this the tank?

Photos from this thread here...

 

[aidenb]

I see you have a jardini, that too is a living creature and if you want it to be provided with the best possible care go buy it a 3,000 gallon tank just for it.
Honestly these are just fish, yes you should take good care of them but you don't have to make your tank a Four Seasons Resort. Theres a difference between taking good care of your fish and treating them like kings.

No they don't require insane tanks, but they do require adequate space to be comfortable, and even record jardinis are still substantially smaller, in length and girth, than a red tail cat. I agree, most red tails will never grow as big as people say but you should still expect 3'-3.5' and have a suitably sized aquarium to house a fish that size

 

[taksan]

Maybe to you they are .....

Honestly these are just fish, .

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

No they don't require insane tanks, but they do require adequate space to be comfortable, and even record jardinis are still substantially smaller, in length and girth, than a red tail cat. I agree, most red tails will never grow as big as people say but you should still expect 3'-3.5' and have a suitably sized aquarium to house a fish that size

This is exactly what I was saying, they probably wont get to be 5' monsters but 3' seems like a better common size in aquariums and a 450g-500g would be fine to hold almost any 3' fish
Im not comparing a jardini to a RTC im simply saying that a fish can have a comfortable home but doesnt need something totally surpassing its wildest wonders.