Do You Get Frustrated By a Monster Fish That Grows Too Slow?

Taker

Taker

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Months have passed it is still that little baby fish you feed every day making you feel pointless.

Have you gotten frustrated? I bought a baby Striped Snakehead at 3 inches in length. It's not even a month yet he is already 5 inches. As a full month is coming close he is exceeding that length. He's like a machine with a beastly attitude.

I can't wait to see how he will be once big. I feel a monster fish that grows fast to be more purposeful than a fish I feed daily, gets fat but remains at about the same length for months to come.
 
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D.Wolf

Gambusia
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Jun 4, 2013
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I dont have a prob with waiting if a fish cooperates with feeding :) (read: pellet or frozen food training).. i raised almost all of my fishes from 3-4" babies :)

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xraycer

xraycer

Arapaima
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Sep 5, 2013
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When it comes to growth, I don't mind slow growth. I'm just not in a hurry. I keep fish for my own amusement/satisfaction, I'm not hurrying it to grow out to sell it to make a profit. A healthy fish is my main priority, not growth rate, not max size
 
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doomiedee

Fire Eel
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I started to get frustrated with a group of festae cichlids witch on paper dont seem that long to grow but actually doing it was torture to me. I eventually got some smaller fish for them to bully witch helped

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ballinouttacntrol

ballinouttacntrol

Polypterus
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Aug 20, 2009
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Most fish grow fast as babies lol. Let's talk about your snakeheads growth from month to month next year. Growth is always relative to age and eventual adult size.


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Z Trip

Fire Eel
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Aug 15, 2006
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My missing fish doesn't seem like they've grown in forever :(
 
Joecool44

Joecool44

Gambusia
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Mar 16, 2015
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Yeeeeesss i have had my two senegal birchirs for almost a year and they have each only grown two inches.. they werent even growing before what help boost their growth was cubed beef heart.
 
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Warborg

Goliath Tigerfish
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I've owned lots of Goldfish over the years but only 1 has made it past 6-7 inches. All the rest seem to stop after the first year.

My last(and current) pleco was growing real slow. It's only been this last year that he picked up on growing. I got him in 2010 at 2-3 inches. A year ago he was only 7 inches. I just taped measured him yesterday at 12 inches. He's an L001

I had a Niger Cat that grew too fast. In 18 months he went from 3 inches to 23 inches.
 
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