Red Tailed Catfish

[jlOisAhoTti]

Just bought a 3 inch red tailed catfish today. Does anybody know anything about them?

 

[emma12321]

http/www.fishforums.net/content/Catfish/...ish-amazonian-/ heres their site profile

 

[invader]

Be ready to take it back or start making plans to convert a pool for it. These are monsters that grow at an astonishing rate, all the while eating all the tank mates they can fit in their mouths.

 

[darknirvana217]

Heres planetcatfish.com s link to them. And yes you will need a pond, probably a couple thousand gallons to properly house one.

http/planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=305

 

[groovitudedude]

Be ready to take it back or start making plans to convert a pool for it. These are monsters that grow at an astonishing rate, all the while eating all the tank mates they can fit in their mouths.

Agreed. If you don't have a 400+ Gallon tank or pool or whatever, return it ASAP.

And this is NOT to flame, it's advice.

 

[cane76]

Just bought a 3 inch red tailed catfish today. Does anybody know anything about them?

if you brought one today your the one who should know about them
research before purchase is the golden rule

 

[bolty]

only info you need on these is -
1, they eat anythink and ever think ink most tank mates that will fit in there mouths
2, not only do they get big. They get BIG! so you need to be able to house them.

 

[jlOisAhoTti]

Oh, I know how big they get. It's one of my favorite fish so I thought I'd temperarly house one in my tanks.

 

[cheesy feet]

Be ready to take it back or start making plans to convert a pool for it. These are monsters that grow at an astonishing rate, all the while eating all the tank mates they can fit in their mouths.

Agreed. If you don't have a 400+ Gallon tank or pool or whatever, return it ASAP.

And this is NOT to flame, it's advice.

400 gallon is way to small, they grow huge, as shown in the pic

Oh, I know how big they get. It's one of my favorite fish so I thought I'd temperarly house one in my tanks.

Whats the point if its going to outgrow it in a month, it would eat all your fish anyway.

 

[invader]

Oh, I know how big they get. It's one of my favorite fish so I thought I'd temperarly house one in my tanks.

You wanted to keep one for what, a month maybe? Seems like a waste and a huge risk to your other fish.

 

[CFC]

where is it going to go when you can't keep it any more?

 

[cane76]

it will end up on ac with the others

 

[jlOisAhoTti]

it's alone in a thirty gallon. Going to return it to the pet store.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Urh, yeah, practical and ethical... Even if they do take it back, what's going to happen then? Same as always- it spends the rest of its days crammed into a tank far too small...

 

[invader]

Urh, yeah, practical and ethical... Even if they do take it back, what's going to happen then? Same as always- it spends the rest of its days crammed into a tank far too small...

It's a sad thing, but it's not likely to change anytime soon. There will always be someone out there that knows nothing about redtails and buys them. As long as there is a market for them, I doubt they will stop putting them up for sale. I wish there was a permit system for these humongous fish out there (pacus, redtails, tsns, etc), otherwise they all eventually, except for the lucky few, end up in a crammed tank somewhere.

EDIT: Just realized this was my 1000th post.