Red Tail Catfish tank size

What's the minimum size tank that a full grown red tail catfish needs? Well I believe they grow 4 feet long but I don't know how big of a tank they need.

 

I wouldn't put them in anyhing smaller than a 500g tank maybe larger. They get about 4-1/2 feet and have a huge body mass. This is one of the fish that should never be sold to the general public. Most people don't have the tank or the knowledge to take care of it.
Carol

 

Could a red tail catfish become tame?

 

Yes,
they are known to eat out of their owners hands with no problem.

Dino

 

And at 4 ft 5 inches could probably eat their owners hand. These things get huge!!
Carol

 

ooooo I love red-tailed catfish, we have two at my zoo they always eat from our hands, their feelers tickle (=
anyway....we are having problems with one, our vet had to take air out of his stomach as he went belly-up and they took an x-ray no results heard yet. He stopped eating a few weeks ago, he had been in a 8 or 10,000 gallon tank with 2 extremely large pacu who outcompeted him for food I guess, so we movved him to a quarantine tank, trying to feed him everything, he has discoloration and lack of appetite. We had a 3rd catfish that had developed these symptoms last year but we lost him. Any ideas? The other catfish is also in his own tank doing just fine. Their unofficial names are Noodle (after the noodling technique *wink*) and Meatball

 

stunning fish a red tail cat

what size ya tank??? how big is he

wish I could have one

 

At over 4ft I doubt he has a red tail catfish and was just asking.
Carol

 

My dad used to have one that was about a foot long in a 240. Unfortunately it passed away during a power outage due to an ice storm. It was an amazing fish.

 

Yes they are amazing
Carol