Five 2.5'-3' nigers and three 10"-18" granulosus in 4500 gal

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Anyone else have granulosis grow slow?

Maybe I had a 1 off, but I raised a juvenile fish I picked up around 10 inches, and it got to 12 inches in the span of a year and a half in a 180. I ended up selling it as it was not growing to a size where I could place it with my large fish in a 1100 I had at the time

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Damascus Damascus I don't have much to tell you.

We got 3x baby Pterodoras granulosus in 2015 and one, I suppose the female reached 2ft+ in about 3 years, the other two lagging behind badly at 1.5ft, I suppose males and even today 8 years later they are still under 2ft it seems.

We got 3x 6" juveniles Aug 2022 as rescues / donations. Two are good eaters but one has doubled in size, the other some inches behind. The third unexpectedly lies between a couple of rocks and NEVER did I see it come out or even feed, so it's not growing, but not wasting away either.
 

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Damascus Damascus I don't have much to tell you.

We got 3x baby Pterodoras granulosus in 2015 and one, I suppose the female reached 2ft+ in about 3 years, the other two lagging behind badly at 1.5ft, I suppose males and even today 8 years later they are still under 2ft it seems.

We got 3x 6" juveniles Aug 2022 as rescues / donations. Two are good eaters but one has doubled in size, the other some inches behind. The third unexpectedly lies between a couple of rocks and NEVER did I see it come out or even feed, so it's not growing, but not wasting away either.
I had assumed they had consistent growth but it appears maybe not. I felt bad but all my other fish were quickly outgrowing him to where it was no linger safe to continue to keep him, or he would end up as a meal for 1 of them
 
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