will my TSN die
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Gill curl in itself should not kill the fish. Clean water, proper diet, ect the fish should live a long happy life. It may breath a little heavy and could be more prone to gill iNfections though.
Ok good it came with a 180 I bought and is 12 " gonna sell him or get a stock tank not decided yet
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They are an awesome fish. Large fish are very dificult to sell at any price though so good luck. 180 as u know wont be good for life. Stock tank if u can do it is a good solution for a few years. 
There are two opinions. One states just as Cliff said and is intuitively well understood. Another says that gill curl has no bearing whatsoever on the fish's health and prospects. Its not a big deal either way.
This may provide further info on what can be done about it if you wanna consider "fixing" it: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...5637-RTC-Gill-Curl-Advice&highlight=gill+curl
This may provide further info on what can be done about it if you wanna consider "fixing" it: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...5637-RTC-Gill-Curl-Advice&highlight=gill+curl
Gill curl will go away with good care and good water quality. Alot of the "inbred" ones come like this regardless. Ive recieved tsn missing gill plates all together and the fish did just fine. 300gal stock tank will hold u over till around 24".
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Depends imo... gill curl "man-made" is usually a physical symptom of poor husbandy ect... so will gill curl alone kill a fish? no but it usually means the fish has been in poor health ect for a very long time... but as already pointed out it can happen in perfectly otherwise healthy fish ( I don't 100% buy it but I've seen gill curl in newly shipped in cats that before the bag was opened they where fine. so that sudden ammonia spike was enough to "curl" them but realistically it likely hasn't done the damage a cat that has been kept in prolonged poor conditions whos curl may look far less "bad" actually has.) And TBTB also made a excellent point these fish tend to suffer from infections ect of the gill tissue more often, but I also think it has to do with an over-all lack of proper husbandry. ( I kinda view it like we do our livers, I know some people that can drink a lot and are perfectly healthy and some people who can't or don't drink much because of genetics or they just don't have the liver function. hey I'm from Wisconsin!) No 2 fish "stunt" the same way... but TSN's aren't small cats... its imo easier to stunt them then an RTC.
Good care/Husbandry will often fix it I def agree.. not always but often enough its worth a shot.
gill curl is also seen in other large predatory species.. ime the common denominator is poor water quality/or inadequate space (stunting) I've seen it in cichlid, catfish, gar, a GG, arrowana...
Good care/Husbandry will often fix it I def agree.. not always but often enough its worth a shot.
gill curl is also seen in other large predatory species.. ime the common denominator is poor water quality/or inadequate space (stunting) I've seen it in cichlid, catfish, gar, a GG, arrowana...
thanks for the info this guy this guy is special hewas born with no eyes too not even a spot for them