Red tail cat in 80 gallon
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I am going to say that it will last about 3 months as long as you don't overfeed it. I had to grow one out once and I put it in there and in three months it was ready to go to a bigger tank. The sad point of fAct is that it is a fast growing very big fish. Plan to keep him in a tank that's over 200 gallons (preferably way over). If you can't do that, skip it and go with a Lima shovelnose that won't get as big as fast.
I would say 12 months and even more. Dont let these haters tell u no because some would keep a whale shark in there pool if they were for sale
these fish get huge and if you dont have the space to keep an adult dont even think about it. and thats just the start you then have to think of food huge water changes that means huge water bills etc the list goes on. just think long and hard before you make a decision
if whale sharks were for sale a pet store i bet someone would keep it in a pool but that dosen't make it right so your point is mootfcamargo6thave;3843830; said:
This might mean you think he should keep the redtail. But it could also mean you agree that he should not, depending on how the sentence is read. Therefore, you have actually made no point at all.
On a more serious note, the truth is that if you had one 3" RTC alone in an 80g, you could probably get away with six months. You can practically sit and watch these guys grow. All of that cell division and rapid metabolism of nutrients produces industrial quantities of pollutants. So even though the fish itself fits into the tank comfortably by all means, he might as well be three times the size because of the excretions he's producing. That is why a one foot RTC is too big for an 18" wide tank. It's the bioload of a properly fed catfish. And proper feeding is a must, because any deficiency will compound rapidly and present as disease much faster than in a slower-growing species. Start with at least a 240g-ish tank. Their metabolisms really do slow down a lot once they get around 30". Then they can be kept in appropriately sized tanks without fear of ammonia spikes, etc.
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