Growth in the wild versus a glass cage!

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This is the dumbest post that I have read in the past 3 years. I read all four pages thinking that the next post may contain some valid information about the title.

Nope.

I had a 25" clown knife, that's my input.

Good day.
 
I have an ID Shark that Ive had for nearly 9 years, which grow to 4 ft in the wild but mine hit 22'' and has been like that for 2 or so years now.Its in an 8x2x2 and i cant see him getting much bigger than that,maybe 24'' but I doubt any larger.
 
SeantheFish-then don't read it!
Reason that there is no valid info is that nobody know much about the fish on the first page. I have PMd several people to see if they could post an ident. thread on the fish I listed but no one seems to have enough info or history with these characins.
 
channarox;3089653; said:
i dont think DB was ever saying HE HAD a CK...
and cichlaguapote is a mod...does it mean he knows more than anyone else here because of that?:screwy:
no offence cichlaguapote...
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Dude.. I'm a freakin genius.. :p

There are some species that we can guess why we don't see them at giant sizes in home aquariums. Fish in tiny tanks, not good food, water quality stinks, etc. Others who I can't even begin to guess why they don't reach the size listed in fish profiles when they're under care of darn good fish keepers. Dovii, Nile Perch, Barramundi, etc, etc. Whether it just takes time(age), it's water quality related, or space related or other. I don't know that we'll ever know exactly why. But I don't think it's a horrible thing to discuss if it can be done civily.
 
Growth in fish is determined by many factors both physiological and environmental.Factors such as genetics,sex,diet,water conditions,age, Maturity,Temp etc.All of this can impact total growth for a given year by an individual fish.Fish in captivity are on a very different water change and diet schedule that those in the wild.One they get 100% waterchanges daily and two they forage at will.They also have an open ability to select optimal habitat.
In captivity they do not receive the same conditions.We generally feed our fish in a manner best described as"stuff and starve".They receive a set amount of food and that's it.This does impact growth.Small bodies of water are also more likely to concentrate wastes much quicker.I do not care how much filtration you have or how many waterchanges you do a week, you can not replicate natural water conditions in captivity.Co-habitation with other fish in a small system also impacts the fishes growth through psychological stress as well as competition for food and living space.
 
Well said and good points. :clap
 
beblondie-Wow-well said one of the few to actually (along with cichlaguapote) make a valid point!
The point I am trying to make is I and the people I assoc. with provide more than enough space and excellent care for the fish-and people tend to assume we are keeping fish that get big in the wild in small tanks-and that is why they don't reach full size.
No matter how hard we try we cannot replicate to a tee their life in the wild.
 
shamrock;3112771; said:
beblondie-Wow-well said one of the few to actually (along with cichlaguapote) make a valid point!
The point I am trying to make is I and the people I assoc. with provide more than enough space and excellent care for the fish-and people tend to assume we are keeping fish that get big in the wild in small tanks-and that is why they don't reach full size.
No matter how hard we try we cannot replicate to a tee their life in the wild.
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youre right.
but we CAN and SHOULD give them the best we can.
 
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