Growing speed for silvers

[TLair]

I got my silver the day before easter this year and he was 2.5 inches, and now he is about 6.5 I have been feeding him hikari freeze dried blood worms, is this growth rate average?

Also, I have tried feeding him tubifex worms and he wont have it, and other recommendations on what to feed him?

 

[Chrisplosion]

1-2 inches per month when they are babies.

 

[KNH]

Try feeding something more substantial such as pellets, shrimp, fillet etc and it will grow much faster for you.

 

[dbcb314]

seems slow to me. you needs to eat something that has something to it. blood worms can be a whole lot of nothing.

 

[TLair]

he doesnt have any aggressive tendencies. so I doubt he will eat fillet, and we dont have a market or anything with fresh in it. giant eagle and walmart are the closest things around.

 

[Ras]

i got a silver its 1year now. when i got it home it was 5" and today it is 30"

Grows so fast =P

 

[japaneseboi]

i say pellets, shrimp, crickets, and super worms.

 

[pi-eyed]

i say pellets, shrimp, crickets, and super worms.

X2... Silvers can be finicky eaters. Starve him a bit and he will take to pellets eventually. I buy frozen shrimp from walmart and my aros love them.
1"-2" a month is pretty average growth for silvers.. They slow down a little after the 2 foot mark.

------Chris

 

[leeishom]

My Sil aro loves tilapia pieces.
Hikari foods.
Live bloodworms.
MP
shrimp.

Pellets helps ends the circle of their complete diet.

 

[kjfan1]

Good luck with your silver man!