Growout tanks, good or bad?
- Thread starter Cowrie
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would depend mainly on is the baby monster going to be potential food for any other monsters in the tank, if yes a grow out tank would be a yes.
if no, i wouldn't bother to be honest financially.
although i probably would grab it anyways just for the extra tank
if no, i wouldn't bother to be honest financially.
although i probably would grab it anyways just for the extra tank
im use a growout for my sunfish as they would be eaten by the big sunfish if i put them in the big tank.
I have allot of driftwood in all my tanks so there is allot of hiding places if needed, I just put the new inhabitants into the main tanks with the big fish.
A growout is to grow your fish to keep them from being bullied/eaten in the main tank. If you're doing shoalers or introducing a smaller fish first there's not really a point.
I tend to buy fish small and grow them out vs. buying big fish.
I quarantine in a 20L or 29 for usually 3 months or so...which is much preferable to dumping the fish into a larger community (without quarantine).
I have enough tanks that I can move fish into larger ones as they grow.
Matt
I quarantine in a 20L or 29 for usually 3 months or so...which is much preferable to dumping the fish into a larger community (without quarantine).
I have enough tanks that I can move fish into larger ones as they grow.
Matt
True to all above as well as some small fish get spooked by a huge tank and will take to hiding as a natural instinct against predators. Smaller tank equals comfort and security.
if your main display has been setup for a while growouts become a necessity as most if not all of your fish are full size. So if you wanted another and didn't have enough money for the show size a growout would be a necessity. for most of us on here I think that's the case.
now if you're using the term inappropriately to try and get away with keeping a fish in too small a tank I'd have an issue, but if you have or are in the process of building the final home I see no issues with growouts nor do I think I could do without them.
now if you're using the term inappropriately to try and get away with keeping a fish in too small a tank I'd have an issue, but if you have or are in the process of building the final home I see no issues with growouts nor do I think I could do without them.
I use a growout tank because I have 2 large fish and I will be aquiring big tanks in january, i want more than 2 large fish so I bought babies and I will want them to have some size before than, and so they will be big enough to not become food.