First off most of the "hybrids" are new to the world so it's hard to give the whole life stats with any accuracy.
RTSN are great fish, they have the hunting ability of the TSN and the great nature of the RTC all rolled into one fish, they obviously resemble more the RTC but have the extra length of the TSN. Eatting is a constant hobby for them as it is with their parents, Personally I've found that they are very active and alittle on the stressed side... as I beleive I've seen more photos of them in a stresses color than a relaxed color I'm assuming that most people have this same situation only worse than me LOL. Sizewise your talking about a huge grower, there are members with confirmed 3yr olds in the 37-40" range... once you consider that these fish grow for life and are not done and still just kids...that equals a )\/(ONSTER CATFISH
These are hardy fish like their parents and are easy for a begginer (which is actually a bad thing because of their potential size and relativly easy availability) These guys are being made in asia and there are no wild versions of these cats, any pictures that you see will be from a tank raised test tube version that was released into the wild (we suspect without an actual confirmation that these fish are sterile)
MRTC (marbled redtailed cat) Fairly common in the industry as far as hybrids go, sometimes refered to as a purreno X Redtailed Catfish as well however more likly a marbled cat and not the more rare and expensive Purreno. Just like anything which is crossed with a RTC these guys like to eat, the only real differences are that they are more fragile than most of the RTC Hybrids and Don't seem to have the hybrid vigor that is so popluar and requested in a hybrid.
PRTC (Parron x Redtailed Cat) extremly rare (I only know of 3 that are alive still) They seem to be constant swimmers like their paroon roots and also have a strange coloration which you have prob seen in the photos of some of the MFK members which have them. Also seem to have the RTC feeding habbits.
Asian Red tail Catfish, Species only tanks are required for these guys, they are just plain mean and will kill anything else in the tank. Not in anyway like the standard Redtail Catfish and only acheives lengths in the 3' range which is small in comparision to the SARTC (South Americian RedTailed Cat).
Hope this give you alittle more information, it's not everything but I'm not writing an article on each one
Who has that kind of time
for red tail cats but I'm proud of my problem!
Thankyou for bringing new hope to my fish keeping.
