Fish only grow to the size of their environment.

[beblondie]

lifespans you'll be amazed see the list below
Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Betta Splendens 2 years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra - 5 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boesman Rainbow - 5 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years
Emperor Tetra - 6 years
Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish - 8 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years
Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years
Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years
Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years
Livingstoni - 10+ years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years
Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years
Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Redtail Shark - 8 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra - 5 years
Severum - 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tigerfish - 5 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years
Upside Down Catfish - 5 years
Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio 5+years

 

[Piraya.ca]

Thanks. May I ask where this info. come from?

 

[fishoverlivingspace]

I suppose there are a couple of fish that fit his testimony: clown loaches and giant gouramis. As long as that's all his LFS sells, then you guys have no right to criticize him. This is incredibly ridiculous. Maybe their total length won't get quite as long, but that's due to the spinal curvatures they've incurred from not being able to swim more than 6 inches at a time. I'd say the main limiting factor in a tank like that is lack of food. If you fed that fish the amount of food it should be eating in such a small tank, it would die very quickly of nitrite or even ammonia poisoning. Thus, the ones that survive are the ones that have been underfed for their entire lives leading to growth stunting.

 

[jcardona1]

WOW im amazed at the number of complete idiots that have joined MFK recently!!

 

[ceeej31]

that list is kinda inaccurate, my bronze cory is almost ten

 

[Bonzo]

WOW im amazed at the number of complete idiots that have joined MFK recently!!

Somebody stop them...This is monster fish keepers not moronic.. fish keepers

 

[jcardona1]

seriously, weve had everything from people posting up tanks that arent even theirs, to a guy saying you can keep a silver aro in a 100g tank for life, and now this guy! OMFG!

 

[Dan F]

I think he is right, an Oscar will only grow to 10" in a 10" tank, its obvious!

I may not have been too clear, but the 10" Oscar in a 10 gallon tank story (a true story, I might add) was meant to illustrate the point that a fish WILL NOT stop growing if kept in a small tank. In my experience one thing stops a fish's growth completely: Death. Keeping a fish in too small of a tank will hasten its demise, so in that way tank size will limit growth!

 

[slowef]

big fish = big tank. Period. Take care of yo s***. idk. it seems simple.

 

[cigar larry]

Maybe I should try all this out with the 8" Arapima I just got today. I'll keep you all posted.