a couple pics of my RTG

[aaronc]

finally got around to updating my RTG its about 16 in now but very picky of an eater. I couldn't find the post of when it was a baby. But either way want to get more colour on it.

 

[exoticaquaria]

nice body shape on that rtg. looks exactly like mine when he was younger.

try adding a blue background. that will do the trick to bring out the colour. i think golds look best in blue back. once he grows older, his gold should deepend as well. is he around 1.5 to 2 years old right now?

 

[aaronc]

Thanks mike, took a while for the aro to get to the shape I wanted with feeding and using different types of foods, just didn't want him to bulk up too early and look too stubby. he's around 2 years now.

actually that's one question I had as I am now resealing his new 220 so he can move too a larger house.

 

[aaronc]

and Yea, its his temp home its a cardboard backing. just wanted to cover the back temporarily until I finishing working on all the tanks for my african cichlid business.

 

[tomuhs]

Nice blue base RTG! Even some shine on the 5th starting to develop.

Perhaps try foods rich in carotenoids and beta carotene: ie shrimp with skin.

 

[aaronc]

Thanks for the tip tomuhs, he's a picky eat likes to chew his shrimps up and spit it. Tried pellets, pellet loaded superworms and even feeder platys. Thinking I might change the tank mates maybe its the dats who keep bothering him. I got 5 indos in there around 8-10 inches. That could be it.

 

[SuperCricket.ca]

My RTG Aro is showing alot of Blue at roughly the same size. Did you get that from Theo about a year ago?

 

[Cirrus]

Looks like a signature Maju rtg to me; they often have a blue base to their scale colouration. I agree with Mike that a darker tank should promote a darker tone to the gold colouration. Nice looking fish.

 

[aaronc]

Actually the tag date is jan 2010. Whoa time flies, but he's such a picky eater its hard to put on size. Got him on a good run from 6 - 10 inches then it got super picky.

The aro is from pt. Dinamika kapuas. I got it locally from a store here. It was pretty neglected and was very skinny.