Red Tail Catfish

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VOLCOMMIKE

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:huh:I JUST GOT A RED TAIL CATFISH ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG. I HAVE HIM A 55G ANDI REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT TO FEED HIM OTHER GUPPIES
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Hope you are planning a little larger of a tank for him
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I'm sure you could shove that in a 55, as long as you don't like fish that move... feed him back to the fish store I say.
 
Keep it and enjoy its bueauty. The red tail cat i sa awsm fish. It will eat most
enay thing other small fish and sainking shirimp pellets maby flak food
feed a variety. It WILL GET BIG when that hapens eat it or sell maby give
to a frend.you will enjoy this fish and will fit in a 55gal fore about 2 years
 
we have one at work that was growing well on sinking carnivore pellets, shrimp pellets, and (not intended for him) algae wafers. he also ate cardinal tetras since the owner didnt think he was big enough to take them yet, yeah right. is yours a south american or asian? im assuming SA.
 
:shark: Unfortunately a lot of LFS's will sell this 'cat' & not tell you what you're in for!! Please---do some research. This is NOT an aquarium fish!! Save yourself & return ASAP! (FYI: It will eat pretty much ANYTHING in the tank on it's way 60"!!!!)
 
I'd contend that Red Tail Cat's aren't aquarium fish at all. They're really suited for a large tropical pond.
 
i agree i honestly think that catfish arnt sutible for aquariums or at least the shovlenose, redtails and the channels, oh and the irridecent 'sharks' which are really catfish. ponds and/ or super large aquariums in the 1000's range is sutible.
 
there will always be animals in the pet industry that effectively no one in the pet industry as a hobbyist can actually deal with. the big catfish, pacus, arowanas , arapaima, iguanas, big monitor lizards, big pythons and boas, snapping turtles, the bigger species of softshell turtles, and on and on. obviously some of these can be dealt with by hobbyists, but all too often every one of these species is sold to people who dont know they need to or simply wont do the best for these large animals. we as hobbyists have the responisbility to be aware of what we are getting into and if we do get into something we shoudlnt have, we need to do the best thing for the animal that we can, and if it isnt good enough, find someone who can. in this case IMO the best thing is for it to be returned to the LFS. i work at a LFS and i always try to reenforce how big things get when people want them. but there are always idiots out there (not to say the original poster is an idiot or anything like that).
 
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