Growth rate of a black belt

[Crazy mike]

Hello I have a juvenile black belt and I was wondering how fast do they grow? He's currently about 2.5 inch long and housed in a 55 with a young kamfa fh or it may some kind of vieja mutt, 4 cories, and a pair of blood parrots about its size. Thank you in advance


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[pdandy]

I've owned about 12 or so black belts over the last few years. From 2.5 inches you could probably expect it to hit 6 or more within a year or so. Depending on feelings and water changing.


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[Crazy mike]

Thanks. I've read on here that once they reach a certain size they can become highly aggressive is this the norm? And would a 75 gallon be adequate to house an adult by itself?


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[pdandy]

The first one that I had was extremely aggressive when about 5" in a tank with two jack dempseys. The other large one I had (9"+) was in a 6ft tank with 6 other large vieja and aggression was at a minimum. The other 11 or so were all 1-2" and I grew them up to 4-5" before I sold them all.


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[pdandy]

Sorry. Forgot your last question. I'd say a 75 would be fine for a single full grown fish. However I have seen some monster BB's. the shedd aquarium in Chicago has a BB only tank with some bruisers around 14"


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[Crazy mike]

Thanks


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