I HAVE A QUESTION RED TAIL CATFISH x SHOVELNOSE CAT FISH ! IS IT A NOT SO SELDOM SEEN TILL NOW SUB SPECIE???? OR TRUE HYRBID BREED ON ACCIEDENT OR INTENTIONALLY??? ANY ANSWER'S??? 
:thumbsp
:thumbsp???? RTC x SNC question
- Thread starter ROSS
- Start date
it was bred in a lab... there storys that a breeders pond fludded and the fish X with each other naturaly
thank you for the input . didn't mean to shout ! sweet cat fish, i my self have a TSN 6'' the picture really illustraites the color of the fish & slitly broader head. i house mine in a 20gal long with my managuense. any other fish with your's?
both of the two fish in question tsn & rtc can grow to lenghts of 3' at lest in the wild . there is some thing in play here called HYBRID VIGAR meaning generaly hybrid fish grow larger faster and some times more agressive then both contributing fish involved. oddball will soon find out how big they get!!rumblesushi said:
NIIICE! 300gal , I thought royal's grew tall verse's long. 18'' damm I use to have placos with my fish but the ammonia was a hassle dew to the amount of waste they make . an old friend has a royal at about 6'' . the place I go to for supply's waterbury aquarium (non public) thats the name of his shop for some reason he's got a set of RB'S that are about the size of dinner plates( from behind the gill to begining of tail ) he's often treats them to small dog bones! wierd to see a fish eat a dog bone but cool anyway..
My RB pacus occassionally get monkey chow, dog treats and cat treats (if there's vegetable matter in them.
You're right on about panaques putting out a lot of waste. I solved that problem by using a bead filter rated to 1200gals with fish as opposed to using a filter rated only for the 300gal size of the tank. An added bonus is this filter has a backwash capability which I put to good use once a week. I use a pool pre-filter leaf screen to catch the major portion of ground up driftwood my panaque chews up. It always looks like yesterdays coffee grounds in that screen box.
You're right on about panaques putting out a lot of waste. I solved that problem by using a bead filter rated to 1200gals with fish as opposed to using a filter rated only for the 300gal size of the tank. An added bonus is this filter has a backwash capability which I put to good use once a week. I use a pool pre-filter leaf screen to catch the major portion of ground up driftwood my panaque chews up. It always looks like yesterdays coffee grounds in that screen box.