Captive Bred Lap Size

I think it's an interesting questions with a couple different answers. I hear that the CB nigerian laps currently are from a fresher blood strain than in previous years. So I think for the CB laps from previous laps I'd say 15"-18" but don't rule out anything bigger or smaller. As far as the more recent CB laps I think we need to give them some more time to be sure.

I've had mine for a month (I know that's not very long) but he hasn't gained anything except for mass. But I'm glad to see he is very thick now.


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Mine was going on two years old and was 8-9" when i gave it away. I wouldn't expect over 12". BUY WC!

I just picked up my first lap yesterday from my LFS. it's about 8" not positive on cb or wild caught but I'm gonna try and keep track of the growth rate


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Everything staying at a constant, all cb laps have different max size potential. I've had dozens of cb nigerian laps, with all sorts of growth rates. My largest cb nigerian lap is pushing almost 20"s while my smallest is about 13"s. All about the same age.

framcosco said:

Everything staying at a constant, all cb laps have different max size potential. I've had dozens of cb nigerian laps, with all sorts of growth rates. My largest cb nigerian lap is pushing almost 20"s while my smallest is about 13"s. All about the same age.

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That's very interesting. I wonder why.