Had separate my flowerhorn...

[Moshmarine]

Among other fish in the tank, I had a baby FH, JD, and GT in my 300 gallon. The FH and JD were growing like weeds while the GT was not growing nearly as quick. Eventually, the FH starting picking on the GT due to becoming significantly larger and almost killed him. Consequently, I moved my FH to a separate tank so the GT could have a chance to grow and become a little more robust.
Why do GT's grow so slowly compare to other cichlids?

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[Chrisplosion]

Not all Cichlids have the same growth rate. Typically the dominant fish will grow faster than the less dominant fish. I don't know anything about Green Terror growth rates though.

 

[FishFreak95]

My GT grew at the same rate as my midevil and jaguar cichlid.

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[Jloco]

My green terror went from 2" to 4 " and thick, in less than a month n a half! While one I had way back was a slow slow grower.


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[TheHolyArachnid]

My friend had a green terror that grew an inch every 2-3 months, sadly it got murdered by a dovii because the GT was barely 5 inches while the dovii was almost 11 inches.

 

[GS1981]

A GT shouldnt be in with a Flowerhorn or a Dovii anyway.

 

[TheHolyArachnid]

A GT shouldnt be in with a Flowerhorn or a Dovii anyway.

They were in a 210g and were small, they lived together just fine for months. The dovii just clicked and went rampage.


I kept telling my friend to not keep them together but he didnt listen, he thought they'd be fine.

 

[Moshmarine]

Thanks everyone for the input. Perhaps I will just continue to do what I'm doing and keep the flowerhorn separated until the green terror grows up a little bit more.

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[PoopSmart]

I had a green terror in my first "big" community cichlid tank. It got picked on by everything, and it never grew to more than 3" over the course of ~4-5 months. I ended up putting it in my 55 gallon for a while with about 5 cory catfish. They would all shoal together back and forth across the tank endlessly. I ended up giving it to a friend, but for some reason some green terrors grow extremely slow. I thought it was just the females, but maybe it just depends on the specific fish. I would say they're comparable to a severum in aggression and a snail's pace in growth rate.

 

[Slogz]

GT growth rate is slow - but as the OP asked 'Why do GT's grow so slowly compare to other cichlids?'
It does at times depend on the fish itself, but it does seem that a GT that grows at the same speed as other cichlids is an
exception and not the norm.Is this the same in the wild? Would it even make sense to grow slower in the wild?