Maybe you had other fish jumping into that tank which it ate? Or maybe insects? I am dumbfounded.Oddball;1267071; said:There was a few inches of muddy water in the unused tank and no filter. It had to feed on something to grow. Non-estivating LFs need to feed like any other active animal. I know he wasn't estivating since they reduce to 10% of their metabolic rate. So, there's no way it would have grown 7" in that time.
The tank he was in was about 8 feet from, and 3 feet down from the tank he escaped from.
That would be the normal growth rate in good conditions. 43 years in this hobby and I've never even heard of anything like this.Bderick67;1267147; said:Seven inches in seven months, what would be the normal growth for that amount of time in ideal conditions? Amazing story though.
It must have been a one in a few billion chance of getting in there in the first place, let alone surviving and growing 7" ... Oddball, wanna work out the probabilities for us? (I always hated stats!)Oddball said:The tank he was in was about 8 feet from, and 3 feet down from the tank he escaped from.