I dont disagree with you, but as with all large fish; aros, rtcs, pimas, I think its realistic to say that most dont make it past juvis due poor care and tank size.
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I dont disagree with you, but as with all large fish; aros, rtcs, pimas, I think its realistic to say that most dont make it past juvis due poor care and tank size.
Right. This is true of all fishes in hobbyist hands and I agree most definitely that the larger the fish grows, the higher the chances of it never making it past juvenile stage.
Just for clarity of discussion, I thought I'd state that there are two groups of fish we may be discussing -
(1) ones that perish young (and these may be beyond the scope of our current discussion, correct me if I am wrong) and
(2) the others that survive to adulthood in captivity and whether these latter ones can be taken care of more or less adequately by hobbyists.
Some of our colleagues above state that scenario 2 almost never can be done... for the sake of the argument let's put words in the horse's mouth and say they think only 0.001% of all hobbyists buying say an RTC can do it ~ right...
... while I state that this is done much more often that they think, again for the sake of an argument let's say 1% of keepers buying an RTC are successful or at least have or can have / set up the right size body of water and filtration, especially folks inhabiting year-round warm places and having a pond.
1% vs. 0.001% are rough thinking and might sound like splitting hairs but they are also vastly different numbers by three orders of magnitude.
Long-live RTC keepers and wannabees!
Just for clarity of discussion, I thought I'd state that there are two groups of fish we may be discussing -
(1) ones that perish young (and these may be beyond the scope of our current discussion, correct me if I am wrong) and
(2) the others that survive to adulthood in captivity and whether these latter ones can be taken care of more or less adequately by hobbyists.
Some of our colleagues above state that scenario 2 almost never can be done... for the sake of the argument let's put words in the horse's mouth and say they think only 0.001% of all hobbyists buying say an RTC can do it ~ right...
... while I state that this is done much more often that they think, again for the sake of an argument let's say 1% of keepers buying an RTC are successful or at least have or can have / set up the right size body of water and filtration, especially folks inhabiting year-round warm places and having a pond.
1% vs. 0.001% are rough thinking and might sound like splitting hairs but they are also vastly different numbers by three orders of magnitude.
Long-live RTC keepers and wannabees! 
This one is in an aquarium a few miles from me. Not sure on the gallon count exactly but it's in the thousands. I'd say it's about 3 and a half foot long.
I'm always amazed that on a site called monster fish keepers people can't seem to measure their fish with any degree of accuracy. Or get an accurate estimate from seeing the fish. A number of times I've went to purchase a 3' long fish only for tape measure to read in at only 24".
Case in point the fish above appears to be roughly 30" long, not 42". This is based on morphology.
Case in point the fish above appears to be roughly 30" long, not 42". This is based on morphology.
Is this the Hamburg Cabela's? I have a short video of their red tail catfish could be the same one you pictured.
There was also an episode where he goes for Wels catfish that are attacking pigeons (birds) on the shore of a river in France!! People in NYC should start keeping them as pets
FastFisher already kindly pointed out his typo but I had agreed with Kevin before that. When I saw the RTC I thought no way this fish is much over 2', if that much.
In Tim's video it looks definitely 2' or a bit more.
