Wow nice shape on you gt! Mine is just over 2 inches, hopefully he will shape up lol
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Growing Out My Green Terror
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I have had several large GT over the years. I do not think they have a slow growth rate. When small a good mix of pellets, Live worms, and frozen shrimp and Blood Worms along with freqeunt water changes seem to do well. Here is pic of my largest GT and one of some smaller ones I have.
How old is the smallest GT there in your pics when that pic was taken? Also, how big was it then?
I ahevhad the smallest one for about 1 month it was about 1.25" then and now it is about 2.5 inches it is in a 135 gallon tank.
GT's grow at about .5in per month rate from my experince and growth curbs around the 6in mark to. The fastest way to grow a fish out like this IMO is to give it plenty of tank space with tons of nice clean water. I like to do large water changes on the 2-3 times week level with my parachromis. Adding live food to a stable pellet will also help without overfeeding. I like mealworms, beetles, crickets etc.
Doing this with my oscar resulted in a 1.125" growth rate a month. At around the 6in size you should be able to add the GT to your tank..granted you have enough space and aren't adding it into a tank that the oscar already has claimed as it's own territory. I'm sure you none of this is a concern, but thought I'd throw it in there. Hope this helps out and nice GT
Doing this with my oscar resulted in a 1.125" growth rate a month. At around the 6in size you should be able to add the GT to your tank..granted you have enough space and aren't adding it into a tank that the oscar already has claimed as it's own territory. I'm sure you none of this is a concern, but thought I'd throw it in there. Hope this helps out and nice GT
Do these fish do better with other GT or can they be with other fish and be the only one of their species?
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Depends on tank size. A single male GT will claim a 55g by itself. In the appropriate size tank. Oscars, black belts, convicts, texas, JD's some examples of cichlids. SD's, pleco, syno cats example of non cichlids. 2 male GT's would be trouble. If you don't want to breed I would stay with some of the examples mentioned above.
All depends on the temperment of the GT and the tank size. Mixing cichlids like these is a crap shoot anyway.
All depends on the temperment of the GT and the tank size. Mixing cichlids like these is a crap shoot anyway.
