rtc vs bloodparot

[FISHSTICKS89]

awwe ye the pet store took him in at there showtank video will be up asoon as i find me some wifi
5 inch parot 19 inch redtail only 7 months old.

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[greenbud]

um not to drag on a thread but did you meen 17 months old cause 7 months would be an un heard of 2.25 inches a month growth rate.
Other then that great pic

 

[FISHSTICKS89]

yes he grew that fast its not a lie i grew him out from 2 inches fed krill massivore n fed h handfulls to keep a bloated.tummy all day. i was pushing the growth rate on purpose. cause everyone else tries to stunt rtcs... if i knew how to find dates on my pics id get the dates of his baby pictures

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[greenbud]

So are you saying you grew him out as fast as you could just to give him back to the store or am i missing something??

 

[FISHSTICKS89]

naw i traded up for packs of krill n bloodworms they wanted him. im trying to share an amazing growth to show this animal is amazing.

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[necrocanis]

Hmmm, I'd say that's a realistic growth rate when younger. Mine grew from 1.5" to 2' in less than a year. His name was fat albert.

 

[FISHSTICKS89]

Hmmm, I'd say that's a realistic growth rate when younger. Mine grew from 1.5" to 2' in less than a year. His name was fat albert.

haha thats so fitting for a red tail catfish cause fat albert wore that red shirt

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[greenbud]

Hmmm, I'd say that's a realistic growth rate when younger. Mine grew from 1.5" to 2' in less than a year. His name was fat albert.

Thanks for the heads up!!

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

2.25" per month is up there in the champion domain; not impossible/unbelievable at all IMO - most keepers report from 1' (slow) to 2' (fast) in the first year - and IME too.

I understand your mild dismay: starting from 2"-3" to 24" in one year is ~1.75" a month - this is often professed as a max growth but there are some claiming higher numbers. Plus, the growth spurts have to be thought of - the OP speaks of only 7 months; so it could still average 2" or below for a year. Also, in the extreme, one can take it further and quote a monthly growth during the wildest spurt of say 3"-4" in that month... but of course, this is not representative of a long(er) term growth.

 

[follen]

IMO if kept in clean water and fed a good food rtcs could easily do 2" a month from small since moving mine into a larger tank about a month ago I'd say he's grown 2" plus.


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