RTC and TSN Information

[tcarswell]

My first real bona fide monster catfish !

A tiger shovel nose ! (sorry excited I have wanted one for years now I will have the proper home for him) He is being housed in a 55 with a similar sized ompok for a month or so until my 400 or so gallon gets set up.

 

[tcarswell]

He is about 5"

 

[perfect_prefect]

congrats on the acquisition of something in the neighborhood of 400 gal. should have a happy xxl tsn on your hands in a matter of months.

 

[tcarswell]

congrats on the acquisition of something in the neighborhood of 400 gal. should have a happy xxl tsn on your hands in a matter of months.

Thank you He is happy now snatching up ghost shrimp.

 

[TLkmDN]

he refuses to eat pellets. will only eat raw meat. where the hybrid took to pellets no problem. also the tsn was swallowed whole by my sveni pike when i moved him from my 20 to my 55. i had to chase that ba$tard around the tank with my hand for 5 minutes to get him to spit it out. but that was 3 weeks ago and he's still doing alright. (sveni go rehomed to the pond where one day the tsn might have a chance at retalliation.

yeh i have the same problem with my TSN pair...they r already 6 years old tho so it is too late to train them. they wud simply starve for half a year if i didnt buy live food for them. but since ures is still a baby u shud really just persist.

 

[perfect_prefect]

i have still persisted, i only feed my aro raw meat once or twice a week max, and the tsn has to compete with a bushy nose pleco an albino (almost) pleco, and a spotted raphael for the meat that falls. otherwise i feed the pellets daily. still no luck though, but thats why the hybrid already outgrew the 55 and the tsn hasnt grown very much at all.

 

[Queen Alien]

What is the ratio to how big the RTC gets in comparison to age (if fed normally)?

 

[perfect_prefect]

1 year old rtc should be 2 feet. you get the picture

 

[TLkmDN]

What is the ratio to how big the RTC gets in comparison to age (if fed normally)?

mine are 6-7 years old now...kept in a large pond. largest one is around 46 inches by now...they slow down in length growth at around 3 years old but get MUCH thicker and wider!

 

[bcrazy0001]

Hey guys i just bought a baby RTC and hes about 2". My problem is that hes in the same tank as a Marble cat 2" and it seems like its getting bigger than the RTC. What foods should i feed them so they can grow equal in size? What do i do to make the Redtail more comfy in his new home?