Adonis feeding
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He/she is lovely what size is it?, I know Adonis can get huge, a friend of mine had one around 26" a few years ago it was a stunning fish, huge but very elegant
Love these guys, shame mine considers anything that moves as food! forever in solitary confinement (the tub)
Right now this one is close to 8", I am not that good with plecos, I somehow am not able to grow em right, this was 4-5" 18 months ago, the first 2 years I was able to grow it from 1.5"-4-5". The last 18months it has made a turn around and grown quite well, and has also been eating well.
They do get big I have seen wild caught fish at 28-30" too, just recently one was bought by a hobbyist in Singapore.
But in my experience their growth is not that fast, my last specimen that I lost to a filter crash was close to 15", and it took me close to 11 years to get there.
Yeah I have observed them lashing out at smaller tank mates, with their long pectoral fins adorned with big sharp odontodes.
I keep my current one along with dorados and bagarius, my earlier one was kept with large cichla and no bottom dwellers
My friend who has the large one 26" bought him at that size from a private seller from London and has had it for around four years, he doesn't think it's it's grown at all in the time he's had it, even know it lives in a massive tank and eats like a pig lol