i just bought one of these beauties and i wanted to know everybodies take on them. I think that they are a very pretty fish. I heard that they grow a lot slower that the RTC which is good
OPINIONS?
OPINIONS?
TSN X RTC
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Pretty much the exact opposite of what you said. They grow FAST and can attain sizes larger than either the RTC or TSN due to something called hybrid vigor.
I was looking into one for my 240 gallon, but realized it would outgrow that tank in less than 2 years and need a large pond.
I was looking into one for my 240 gallon, but realized it would outgrow that tank in less than 2 years and need a large pond.
friend has one in a pond that is a little less than 3 years old and its almost 4 feet long. it grew faster than any fish he had ever owned and he's been into large FW fish for probably 10+ years.
The replies will come thick and fast quite a few of us have them on here . my one is growing like a mad thing and eating like one to, they grow just as fast if not faster and I hope you have made plans for him. They will eat any thing thay fits in there mouth. Here are a few pics an early one and a later one he has become very nocturnal and should be going into his pond with my TSN in the next few weeks as all I have to do is pull my finger out and fit the filter and fill it.
i want my RTC X TSN to look like yours, mine i think is changing pattern now. do you know why?
this fish gets huge fast. Mine is 28 1/2 inches long and growing at 1+ inches a month still. You can expect that with proper feeding it will probably outgrow most rtcs. Zoo shovelnose catfish patterns change as they grow. they have a less dramatic pattern when younger. you will start to see some white stripes going up through the darker top and his spots will get smaller with age. I can see the difference in the pattern on mine from when i got him just 8 months ago. Seems to me that this catfish does not slow it growth as much as rtcs or tsn when at a larger size. Good luck with yours. I think this catfish combines the beauty of both rtc and tsn.
just kidding
