RTC growth food

[Jeox]

Whats the best way to get an rtc to grow super fast?
Well.....more super fast than they already do.
He's like 2'' if that matters.

 

[blacktip]

Simple...feed them a lot and feed them often...that's all there is to it

 

[ethnics]

feed him regularly, and he should be at 1ft within like 3-4 months. iono what it is with mine, it only hit 1ft in 5 months. feed him til he's about to pop, multiple times a day. he should be huge in no time.

 

[rook45]

beefheart

 

[Jeox]

3-4 months? wow.
THink I can manage to get a paroon to keep up with him?

 

[necrocanis]

at that size I've been feeding mine frozen bloodworms from a medicine dropper. He's put on 1" in less than 2 weeks. Going to start feeding him shrimp next week.

 

[taksan]

put him in a huge tank with daily water changes and feed him lots of Hikari Massivore pellets

 

[fishdude666]

white bait and water changes squid and prawn. get them from a bait shop its a heap cheaper

 

[AwolAngler]

put him in a huge tank with daily water changes and feed him lots of Hikari Massivore pellets

don't you think daily is a little unnecessary? Especially if the tank is "huge" I'd do bi-weekly changes, and just feed him a balanced diet of foods that are high in protein. Shrimp, earth worms, silver sides, fish fillet cuts, chicken gizzards, pre-soaked freeze dried krill etc. But what is the need to grow him super fast? They average around an inch a month any way? The only reason I'd see for power feeding a rtc is if you want to add him to a very large community with fish that are much larger then him/her and you are trying to get s/he to catch up. Keeping a cat over stuffed all the time isn't exactly good for the digestive track.

 

[Jeox]

don't you think daily is a little unnecessary? Especially if the tank is "huge" I'd do bi-weekly changes, and just feed him a balanced diet of foods that are high in protein. Shrimp, earth worms, silver sides, fish fillet cuts, chicken gizzards, pre-soaked freeze dried krill etc. But what is the need to grow him super fast? They average around an inch a month any way? The only reason I'd see for power feeding a rtc is if you want to add him to a very large community with fish that are much larger then him/her and you are trying to get s/he to catch up. Keeping a cat over stuffed all the time isn't exactly good for the digestive track.

It's only a temporary thing. Gotta get him in with larger fish.