Joker and his massage therapy

Subject: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:35 am

I have been working on my RTC, Joker, with his gill curl. It has improved a lot on one side, but the other is still curled, yet not as bad as before. I wanted to share some more pictures of him in his therapy bucket, but he's now outgrown it, so we have upgraded to a storage container :D

Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:40 am

Very nice. Looks like he is very photogenic. How big will he get?

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Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:10 am

wow. crazy.

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Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:12 am

RTCs have the potential to reach about 4 feet, but he will probably max out around 3 feet. They usually don't hit 4 ft in captivity though, usually in the wild. He is very photogenic and doesn't mine his sessions. With his facial deformity, it makes me think he will still grow large, but not as large. (I'm prepared if he does though. I researched this fish up and down before starting to look for one, and he and the others WILL get a big pond.) He was given to us by our LFS as a rescue, due to his deformity while searching for one around town. We got him in August last year, so he is almost a year old :)

Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:59 pm

I have one also... they are awesome fish ...HUGE but awesome dance

Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:35 pm

agreed. lol i just took some more pics on my phone at lunch. He's my fish puppy for sure. He does NOT have the personality of a normal RTC. He's soooo sweet. When our channel cat killed our frontosa, most RTC would take the chance at a free meal, but not him. He didn't touch it, the channel tried.... We have a 2 inch clown pleco thats been in with him since he was the same size. That pleco has to be about 5 years old now. But he's never been bothered by Joker. I truly think his deformity has to do with his sweet nature. I have hand fed him since he was tiny too. He's never once mistaken my fingers, b/c he"drifts and sniffs"in front of my hands first, then gently takes in his food. Who knows lol. Let me get these pics posted for ya'll.

Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:00 pm

My RTC likes to hide in a big decor rock but he is really to big for it.So I am going to have to take the decor out of the tank.

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Subject: Re: Joker and his massage therapy Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:06 pm

BFinley wrote:

My RTC likes to hide in a big decor rock but he is really to big for it.So I am going to have to take the decor out of the tank.

If you want to give him a bigger, yet cost effective cave, you can buy a large piece of PVC pipe and cut it to length. You could even make the outside more appealing by decorating it, (glued sand, rock etc). How big is your monster? Joker lays on top of caves lol.