growth rate?

[dirtyblacksocks]

picked up a tapajos orange/red from Rich about a month ago now at around 6-7", put him/her into a 180 gallon and it's nearing the 9-10" mark now, is this a normal growth rate, was it just a spurt - what can I expect on max size out of this fish, and is there any way to discern the sex yet - or if it's not a deep red at this size is it a male?

 

[perfect_prefect]

pics would help alot, lugubris crenicichla generally get white stripe through dorsal if female and probiably lookin at about 18" max size, all this is just hearsay from me but i believe it to all be true.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

Camera's out of order right now, see if I can borrow one - he/she likes to hang out under a large hunk of wood whenever I'm near the tank anyway, so it's going to be tough.

 

[perfect_prefect]

spend alot of time near the tank and do you have any dithers?

 

[invisiblejagua]

sweeeeet.

 

[lilfats2]

yea dithers help a lot in thie situation bro...

 

[perfect_prefect]

my pike are hardly ever hiding, kind of sad for the smaller it gets itself picked on this way.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

It's not an issue of the fish being skittish, it just likes to stick under a peice of driftwood as it's territory.

It's in a 180 gallon tank with:
1 oscar
1 amphilophus rostratum
1 amphilophus nourisatti
1 convict
1 sajica
1 vieja argentea
1 pearsi
1 nicaraguensis
1 black belt
1 zonatum
6 clown loach
5 red hook silver dollars

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

there's a red terror in there too, and probably other fish I'm forgetting, suffice to say it's stocked...