Red tail Catfish is most popular pet fish species in fish lovers. Phractocephalus hemioliopterus is that fish scientific name. south American countries river basins are their origin place and mostly you can find them Brazil and Venezuela.Natural environments such as the Amazon River, that fish grow up to 130cm .well grown red tail catfish weighting over 45Kg. Also Their baby is good for home aquariums.
Red tail catfish Tank | pond requirement
That fish normally grow around to 3 to 4 feet.grown fish need large fish tank or pond for their home , 3 to 5 feet deep 1000 gallons or upper tank is best for well grown fish. but you can buy 3 to 5 inches Red tail Catfish baby local or online fish store.if you feed well their general growth rate is one to three inches per month.best tank temperature is 24 to 26 Celsius and best PH value is 7.0 for their large tank.if you care well they live over 20 year’s.
red tail catfish food
catfish is omnivorous fish there fore feeding is not so hard.you can use Floating / sinking pellets , peeled frozen prawns or live food’s are best for juvenile cat-fish diet.Large Pellets , Frozen fish fillets , whole market fish recommend for adult diet. these fish have amazing lifespan over 20 year’s but overfeeding will cause early dead therefore carefully fed them.Thank you for reading and comment your idea’s and experience about read tail catfish.