my RTC just swallowed a rock.will it still be able to regurgitate the rock?what will be the long term effect of this to the RTC?it's been 3days now since it swallowed the rock,so far his appetite is not affected,even a bit.lol!..
RTC swallowed a rock
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He'll be ok, mine did too:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332508
He'll cough it up at some point. Either that or he'll just have a large lump in his stomach.
You can try to speed up the process by overfeeding...if they eat too much, they'll puke. I've never seen one puke, but they say it happens.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332508
He'll cough it up at some point. Either that or he'll just have a large lump in his stomach.
You can try to speed up the process by overfeeding...if they eat too much, they'll puke. I've never seen one puke, but they say it happens.
SpeshulEd;4231385; said:
hopefully..hehe!i'll try and feed him later with lots of food.man i gotta say you're tank and cats are suweeeet!..i also have TSN,but both are still small.RTC is just 6",TSN 8"..
i love your substrate man,can you tell me what it is?is it sand?it's so fine and clean to look at.
Your RTC will most likely outgrow TSN, but both will get big. 
The sand is 3M color quartz. I got it for fairly cheap from a local masonry shop. I'm not sure if they have it in the Philippines, but you might be able to find something similar. This was the smaller "s" grade. They also have a larger "t" grade. It works well and they have all different colors.
The sand is 3M color quartz. I got it for fairly cheap from a local masonry shop. I'm not sure if they have it in the Philippines, but you might be able to find something similar. This was the smaller "s" grade. They also have a larger "t" grade. It works well and they have all different colors.
SpeshulEd;4231385; said:
yes, they sure do puke. ive seen it a few times. it totally destroys ur water quality and makes the water stink so watch for the rock and do a water change after
SpeshulEd;4234345; said:Your RTC will most likely outgrow TSN, but both will get big.
The sand is 3M color quartz. I got it for fairly cheap from a local masonry shop. I'm not sure if they have it in the Philippines, but you might be able to find something similar. This was the smaller "s" grade. They also have a larger "t" grade. It works well and they have all different colors.
yes,i've read that TSNs grow slow compared to RTCs.
thanks,i'll ask some of those quartz,although i'm not expecting it'll be cheap here.
marauders30;4234353; said:
whoah!really?..man i gotta be ready!i can't still see the rock somewhere..
is this swallowing of rocks or anything,a normal part of their behavior?
i dont know about normal behavior but im guessing cuz they do swallow alot of random crap from rocks to filter suction cups. also, i would recommend not keeping anything with it, no matter what the size difference is because they eat stuff that u think they could never get down. this includes other catfish that are nearly the same size. (mine ate a tsn, pleco, and some other stuff.)
marauders30;4236133; said:
i see,yes i wll separate it soon..i am building a pond,it's just that rainy season started a bit early here in the philippines.can't work well...