Correction: 2 measured at 16" & smallest at 14". Last growth since 30th August 2018 - 23rd September 2018:
Specimen 1 = 15" to 16"(from space 3.)
Specimen 2 = 13.5" to 16" (from space 2.)
Specimen 3 = 12" to 14" (from space 1.)
*refer to my previous experiment
New source of Growth: Growth hormones/Growth Inhibitory in Fish (Next experiment)
The explanatory about growth of fish are as following:-
1. Temperature - warm water fish will grow faster in warm water
2. Gender - some species have males that have faster growth & others are female
3. Genetic - hybrid fish aren't usable, usually pure bred or wild caught with good genetics A+A
4. FCR - feed conversion ratio, how many food given from the start till current growth
5. Water quality - oxygen, ammonia, nitrite, ph, etc
There's a new source for rapid growth in fish use by river farms & discus breeder that doesn't stand on space & diet. Apparently water quality are the effects of hormone growth, the better the water, lesser the accumulation of hormone, thus better growth rate.
I was suggested to done water change at least 20% a day but there's a few limitations to it. So I decided to done at least 50% water changes twice a week see how the theory/facts go. Starting yesterday, 50% water changes. Immediately feed em with hikari pellets, they eat it straight away, so no stress level there. Seems good, tomorrow start a new cycle of water change.
This really isn't new, it's scientifically proven and I've known about it for years, what I really want to know is wether these pheromones are species specific (i.e. Would catfish pheromones effect a cichlid?)