RTC or Red Tail Catfish at Fish Story Aquariuma and Rescue
- Thread starter thebiggerthebetter
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I got schooled on YT
Igotboredfkit: Thats the biggest phantom ive ever seen
Fish-Story: There are 2 white RTC in there. The phantom is the small RTC about 22 inches. The 2.5ft one is a platinum RTC.
BenjaminSanders-v3e: the bigger one is a phantom too, platinums shine and have some black spots.
Fish-Story: Good eye and knowledge. I apologize to the OP and thank you Ben. I am not a fan of color morphs so I don't try to keep track of subtler differences. Just spoke with David, who gifted us Rado, the bigger RTC. He said Rado was sold as phantom and had ~ transparent skin as a baby, not white metallic as platinums have. In agreement with you, David said platinums develop black spots later in life, retain the metallic sheen, and suffer from poorer genetics, perhaps due to inbreeding / linebreeding.
Igotboredfkit: Thats the biggest phantom ive ever seen
Fish-Story: There are 2 white RTC in there. The phantom is the small RTC about 22 inches. The 2.5ft one is a platinum RTC.
BenjaminSanders-v3e: the bigger one is a phantom too, platinums shine and have some black spots.
Fish-Story: Good eye and knowledge. I apologize to the OP and thank you Ben. I am not a fan of color morphs so I don't try to keep track of subtler differences. Just spoke with David, who gifted us Rado, the bigger RTC. He said Rado was sold as phantom and had ~ transparent skin as a baby, not white metallic as platinums have. In agreement with you, David said platinums develop black spots later in life, retain the metallic sheen, and suffer from poorer genetics, perhaps due to inbreeding / linebreeding.
