Green Terror (Gold Saum) growth

[thedarkone]

There are many factors in determining the growth rate of fish. Water, feeding, the parents, etc. I say just enjoy him since you have a great looking fish.

Oh yeah, I totally enjoy him. I have plenty of patience I'm not in a hurry for him to get huge. Half the fun of fish keeping is growing your fish up from juvies and watching them grow. I was fully aware of how slow growing GTs are before I got one. I was just curious about how long it took.

 

[thedarkone]

He's a beast !!

Thanks!

 

[KCK]

reminds me of mine.
i got him about may'ish last year, he was about 1.5-2" like all yours, and now hes pushing 6.5"+ easy.
He's extremely trusting and cool, and always bites my finger when i stick it in there. Probly because he thinks its food.

 

[1 ill g]

i've had my green terror fry since aug 2010 and its almost feb 2011 now, and its only grown about half an inch
i do weekly water changes and i feed them a variety of foods like pellets, flakes, frozen, etc.
frustrating as hell!!!

 

[HrHagel]

Hey nice GT.

I'm sorry to inform you this, since i assume you would like your GT to grow large.
But it appears that your GT is one from the "Short-body" bred lines, and will most likely peak at 7" TL.

Personally i think he looks great, and would love to have one like yours, i just thought you should know.

I could be wrong though, but i am fairly confident i am right in this case.

 

[Aquanero]

Im just a little curios but my GT is a really picky eater is that what yall have experienced? seems like mine only really likes flakes! And it will eat half a rosy red when it gets treated !

I would stop using feeders.
Read below and use the type of diet descriped there. A quality pellet as the staple Hakari Bio-Gold+, NLS Thera +A and some skinned peas, veggie wafers and you can treat occasionally with worms and shrimp/krill. I must have written this twenty times already so I'm not going to do it again here. A good diet and plenty of water changes and you'll have a beautiful, healthy GT.

I Do a 30% water change twice a week, and feed him a varied diet consisting of Hikari & Omega one cichlid pellets, veggie flakes, skinned peas and Lima beans, algae wafers, blood worms, ghost shrimp, and earthworms as well as other things. Mostly I feed him the pellets, wafers, and peas. Mixing the various other things in now and then.

That's a great diet and you fish is stunning. I don't think it looks like a short body, just a stocky male. Great job keep it up, he is really good looking.

 

[xinchavoc]

It could be a short bred line but it doesnt look like it..... it just doesnt seem right for a gt to grow only 2.5'' in a year min grew from 2'' to about 7'' maybe more in just a year...