can anyone tell me the growth rate of a frontosa? i know they get pretty big, but they just got a shipment in at my LFS, and pretty small, under an 1in. are they're growth rates like that of a p.bass or GT?
frontosa growth
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Haven't had any of those before but when I had my frontosas it went from about 1in to 4in in a little over a year so it is pretty slow. This was in a 90gl with plenty of feedings and weekly water changes.
It can take a lot longer though if you don't take to good of care of them. One of my friends got some the same day as me. He ins't as experienced in fish keeping and in a year his only grew maybe an inch.
So there can be a lot of factors in their growth rate. But overall it tends to be slow, slower in a small tank.
It can take a lot longer though if you don't take to good of care of them. One of my friends got some the same day as me. He ins't as experienced in fish keeping and in a year his only grew maybe an inch.
So there can be a lot of factors in their growth rate. But overall it tends to be slow, slower in a small tank.
In their first year of growth its pretty fast and should achieve a size of around 4 - 5 inches in size depending on aquarium conditions and also diet .After the first year the growth slows down by the second year or around there they might be even mature enough to breed
I have 6 kapampa I bought at less than an inch about 10 months ago. They're in an 84g tank, and are now ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 inches.
Just wanted to add, i had my frontosa's for almost 2 years. when i first got them they were about 2 inches. Now one of them is 6" and some are 4" and some are 3.5". I feed them all at the same time with the same type of diet. I guess the more dominant male gets most of the food.