Picked up one for my Bichir tank but its a bit too small right now. Whats the growth rate on them?
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If he is out when I get home from school, for sure. He's pretty dope, and the current size, tiny mouth, and slow growth from what Ive read allows me to keep it in my variety small puffer tank.
Until then, heres one crappy pic of it
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Growth is fairly average, maybe from a 1" tiny fish to 6" in possibly 6 to 9 months. Males grow slower than females, are shorter and less bulky. Quite sociable fish as in good with others. Although they have small mouths I wouldn't keep one with anything it could fit in it. Not really ones to eat fins or pester other reasonable sized fish. Hide in pipes etc but often seen out and about. Should be able to breed them but I would assume group spawner but happy to be corrected.
note that this is one fish you don't want to be handling. One of a small list of true killers, not just a painful sting. So a note on its tank or advising others in the house about it is good. My family know to leave well alone if they find mine out of the tank.
mine are 2 years old now; female is maybe 9" and male is 7" .
now housed with 5 Asian bumblebee cats pseudomystus siamensis (males 6" , females 7" ) , a pair of parachanna obscura (8" ) and a musk turtle in a 70g corner tank.
But were in a more medium sized community fish setup for a while.
note that this is one fish you don't want to be handling. One of a small list of true killers, not just a painful sting. So a note on its tank or advising others in the house about it is good. My family know to leave well alone if they find mine out of the tank.
mine are 2 years old now; female is maybe 9" and male is 7" .
now housed with 5 Asian bumblebee cats pseudomystus siamensis (males 6" , females 7" ) , a pair of parachanna obscura (8" ) and a musk turtle in a 70g corner tank.
But were in a more medium sized community fish setup for a while.
Cleaned out the 80g tank and had opportunity for a few photos. Poor quality but can see size difference. Female larger at around 10" , have grown some since last seen properly. 
And again poor photos but the bumblebees too. 3 females at 9" each and patterns fad
ed over time, and two males who have retained their patterning and are around 6"
ed over time, and two males who have retained their patterning and are around 6"