? Growth rate on carpnitis escondido:

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Using growth rate escondido in the search function gave me one usable thread, which you can view here, and gave no real answer. At the end of the post, the assumption the OP made was that they grow about 1/2" a month. Anyone else able to weigh in on this? The guys I got are between 1" and 1.5" right now with the smaller guys being just that.. quite small. The spangling/speckling on them is already incredibly noticeable on their grey/white background already at such a small size and I'm just anxious to see them as they get bigger and older. I think their gonna look dynamite when they mature.

*yes I know i typo'ed carpintis :( didn't realize it til after posting and it's impossible to edit (yay forum features :()
 
teqvet;2867239; said:
They're in a 75gallon ;p Not sure if anything bigger would do much for them, but thanks for the info :)
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I agree. Texas cichlids are slow growers. I bought one at 3'' and it took 4-5 years to get 8''.
 
cichlidfish;2867287; said:
I agree. Texas cichlids are slow growers. I bought one at 3'' and it took 4-5 years to get 8''.
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Well that's a bummer to find out. Almost wish I had just bought full grown adults.. though they'd likely have cost more than I wanted to pay and ripped my tank up after being introduced ;p Ah well, hopefully others have had different experiences with theirs? if not, I may be looking for some growth hormones (I keed I keed)
 
I think you will find their growth to be a bit faster than an inch a year. One of the inhibiting factors in their growth will also the other fish in their tank. If they are the dominant fish, then expect faster growth. If they are getting owned by a convict, then growth will be much slower. I had a carp that ruled his tank from the start and grew about an inch a month until he was moved to another tank with a midas that was more aggressive his growth slowed.
 
oscarcrazy;2867321; said:
I think you will find their growth to be a bit faster than an inch a year. One of the inhibiting factors in their growth will also the other fish in their tank. If they are the dominant fish, then expect faster growth. If they are getting owned by a convict, then growth will be much slower. I had a carp that ruled his tank from the start and grew about an inch a month until he was moved to another tank with a midas that was more aggressive his growth slowed.
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Well right now, they are so small there don't appear to be -any- dominant fish yet. The carpintis, meeki, loaches will actually shoal around together with the loaches diggiing up old food and everyone else kind of dogpiling in on it. I guess if I had to call one fish out as the dominant one, it'd be the largest carpintis but the most he does is push someone over when trying to get to food.
 
teqvet;2867335; said:
Well right now, they are so small there don't appear to be -any- dominant fish yet. The carpintis, meeki, loaches will actually shoal around together with the loaches diggiing up old food and everyone else kind of dogpiling in on it. I guess if I had to call one fish out as the dominant one, it'd be the largest carpintis but the most he does is push someone over when trying to get to food.
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With those fish in the tank I would expect some decent growth out of the Tex's.
 
duke33;2867355; said:
IME the big guy will be the Alpha. His growth will surprise you.
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I initially thought so myself, and don't get me wrong, there has been noticeable growth since I got them in on Saturday already. One of the carpintis has nearly doubled it's size already, but it was -mega small- when they came in. He's probably the second biggest now but that's not saying a lot has the 3 small ones(him included) are still right about an inch or a little bigger. Two of the meeki have definitely put on size but not mass/weight and one swims around all the time with all of his fins flared out like he's posturing. Now that I think about it, he could likely be the current dominant one. I'll keep an eye on the bigger carpintis and continue to watch how he acts with the others and his feeding habits. I've been powerfeeding them... 3-5 times a day small burst feedings and fasted them yesterday. They thinned out a good bit from the fat bellies they'd had, but they definitely LOOk as if they've grown. I could be imagining it all too though, LOL!

Anyhow, thanks for the infos guys. preciate it.
 
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