tropical pond

[Turtles504]

AWESOME POND THERE

[catfishkeeper]

@Turtles504 cheers mate

[zacharyqweqwe]

also about how much does an adult red tail cost at retail

[catfishkeeper]

@zacharyqweqwe hi, most of them are free, but you could pay up to £300

[zacharyqweqwe]

Are we talking celsius or farenhight

[catfishkeeper]

@zacharyqweqwe celsius

[zacharyqweqwe]

Thanks also do I have to  climates my rtc

[catfishkeeper]

@zacharyqweqwe depends what it comes in, i just float them for about 20mins before releasing them

[zacharyqweqwe]

Hey me again I was look for some advise . I live in USA virginia and it rarely gets below 28 do I need a heater and how cold of water can red tails be in before being climatised

[catfishkeeper]

@zacharyqweqwe hi mate i dont think you need one i run the pond at 16 degrees any lower than that and they dont like it

[zacharyqweqwe]

im building a pond for my rtc what kind of heater did you use

[catfishkeeper]

@zacharyqweqwe hi mate, i use a 3kw inline pond heater

[fishbum3273]

very nice

[catfishkeeper]

@fishbum3273 cheers mate

[xman21196]

WOW THAY ARE COOL

[catfishkeeper]

@xman21196 cheers........

[bxzel0915]

@catfishkeeper it must be a very good day for you everyday when you see this awesome giants ^_^.

[ThePATRIOT8597]

What does that monster eat?

[catfishkeeper]

@ThePATRIOT8597 hi he eats hotdogs,prawns and fish

[ThePATRIOT8597]

@catfishkeeper Wow thats kool he is really big could he eat a dog that got to close to the pond?

[catfishkeeper]

@ThePATRIOT8597 hi, he could eat a cat sized animal if he wanted

[themonkeyfun]

where do you live?

how you slove heating problem in winter?

[catfishkeeper]

@themonkeyfun hi, northeast england and we use a 3kilo watt pond heater

[themonkeyfun]

@catfishkeeper thx, for gettin back for me...im in NYC, the weather stay around 0F sometimes in winter. I dont know if the heater will contribute alot cost to my energy bill..does it cost you alot in winter time? thank for helping me with this.

[catfishkeeper]

@themonkeyfun hi, yes they do cost us alot more but we have climatised the fish so that they are happy at 16 degrees it took a good two years to drop it from 26degrees to 16degrees but it has worked and has cut down on are energy bill,cheers

[SamandHarriet]

Nice set-up. Is that a 'swimming' pool or something you made yourselves? 

[catfishkeeper]

@SamandHarriet hi,no its not a swimming pool, its what we built ourselves

[izzat10]

i heard an f1 car.

btw, what a really big & nice RTC u got there

great video :)

[catfishkeeper]

@izzat10 hi, yes big fan of f1 and thanks for liking the fish

[damafiafz]

hey must say awsm fishes and how much do they cost on feeding ??? and do u watchn f1 at that time :)

[catfishkeeper]

@damafiafz hi they cost around £30 a week to feed and yes well into f1 looking forward to 2011 season

[damafiafz]

@catfishkeeper ok :)

[djhswift]

very nice how do u heat it

[catfishkeeper]

@djhswift hi, we use a 3kilowatt pond heater,cheers

[sharanprasanth]

wow what is that ?it looks like whale shark

[catfishkeeper]

@sharanprasanth hi,that is a redtailed catfish there hes 3ft but now 2yrs on he is just over 4ft, they grow to around 7ft,cheers

[jellyadult]

thanx 4 ur reply m8 ............ yep i was told they wud eat evrything in the tank but they dont seem bothered wiv any of the others at all, also wat shud i be feeding them at the moment i feedin them on frozen lancefish , pellertts , bloodworm ,  but they seem to be off there food lately

[catfishkeeper]

@jellyadult hi, what ur feeding them is fine, i have odd ones that go off even there favorite food for a while, i look at it this way theyll eat when there hungary, you could try prawn or hotdogs mine love em, cheers

[jellyadult]

hi m8 , awesome catfish....

my son has posted a vid on here called fish on da moon... In it are my fish ,

ive been told they are tsn x but not really sure myself , i bought them 3 months ago they were about 2 - 3 inches they now a foot long

[catfishkeeper]

@jellyadult hi,yep there tsn x beware they will eat everything in the tank as they get bigger, keep them well fed,cheers

[quadhondarider]

Looks like they're ghosts.

[catfishkeeper]

scary aint it!!!!!!!!!

[quadhondarider]

@catfishkeeper Haha, sure is!

[stupidstu13]

Hi, i am looking at building a pond for our RTC, could you tell me is it expensive running a 3kw pond heater and also what temperature does it keep the water at? also the conservatory where the pond is, is that heated as we are thinking of building ours in either a greenhouse or our conservatory. Any info would be much appreciated. Awesome pond and fish by the way.

[catfishkeeper]

hi mate, it can be expensive but we keep it at 18 degrees and the fish seem ok at that,we will be putting a heater in the conservatory as this winter was cold but we kept the fish covered over with polystyrene which kept the heat in the water, if you need to know anything else just get in touch,cheers

[largemouthbassdude22]

nice catfish have you any experience or knowledge with asian redtail catfish???? i just purchased a baby one

[catfishkeeper]

hi, very nice fish but can be aggressive to other fish when small,cheers

[emisarre]

lol have you ever tried getting in and swimming with the cats? pond looks big enough

[catfishkeeper]

hi, check out my other vids, i do swim with them,cheers

[apauln]

need to do something about the reflection of tho roof... can't enjoy looking at the fish with the distracting white squares in the water...can't it be a darker color?

[catfishkeeper]

hi mate, its already been sorted

[davidsspace]

how do you keep your pond heated?? i would love to do this here in the states

[catfishkeeper]

hi, we use a 3kw pond heater, cheers

[giantfoottruck]

sweet! cheers

[catfishkeeper]

glad you like it

[11Joss11]

you shud swim in der man

[catfishkeeper]

hi mate, i do, check out the other vids, cheers

[dicchua]

your pets look so healthy, great job

[catfishkeeper]

cheers mate

[herp94]

why you say cheers in every sentance

[catfishkeeper]

just do, cheers

[doghoney2004]

Haha, i'm in the same boat as the comment below :P

The closest i got to there were 50 1 inch gold bristlenose i imported last week! haha

Maybe if i make a bit more money from importing and selling fish i'll be able to get one of these

Would be lovely to have one to keep rays as they are so cheap to buy now if you know where to import from! and they are beautiful animals

Interesting to find out more about the redtails, seems to be quite a demand for the pure ones. Would they breed in there?

[catfishkeeper]

hi mate, you never know they might do, there has been some flirting between one big male and a smaller female, so fingers crossed , it would be a first, cheers

[cowsfromalaska]

beautiful fish man!

i've always thought it would be awesome to have a fish pond. unfortunately right now im a poor college student so i just have to stick with aquariums haha

cheers!

[catfishkeeper]

cheers mate,glad you like it....

[catfishkeeper]

yes mate,try to hand feed all of them

[proline518]

how much that monster weight

[catfishkeeper]

when we took the video he weighed around 30lb

[sturgisbryan]

Great vid !!! can you tell us about the construction of the pond and the rts's, what kind of ray is that ?

[catfishkeeper]

hi,pond is made out of blocks and insulated on the inside,its 9ftx7ftx3ft holds 1200 gallons.

the redtails are 3.5ft long, 26inch and 22inch, the ray is 30inch disc and is a castrex ray. have got rid of the ray and put some other catfish in now, cheers

[dogchain65]

whats the cost to heat it

[redtailedcatfish]

What a nice sight to see! someone who looks after the redtail catfish properly,you have a great pond! they look very healthy and happy.

How long have you owned them?? what are the dimensions of the pond?? Thanks!5 stars from me.