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Alexkoj

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It has grown about 1-2cm since the last update (feeding it twice a day). Do plats grow much slower than non leucitic bichirs?

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Alexkoj

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The Lion City
Growth / appearance:
Update a month and a half into owning the baby plat. It was 6cm when I got it and it’s now, as of mid jan 2018, 7.5cm. So about a centimetre a month in terms of growth. It can also be observed that it's shed some of its dark spots/markings it had at 6cm and turned somewhat more whitish/platinum as it has grown.

Diet:
It’s weaned itself off tubifex worms onto small guppies so hopefully I’ll be able to get more growth out of him. :) plan is to get it onto pellets once it’s done with the last two guppies in the tank

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Alexkoj

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It’s been three months since the last update. It’s now 11cm, so the growth has been consistently (slow). Last measured was 7.5cm so that’s just over 1cm a month. At least it’s getting a little thicker. Also, it has now grown out of the dark spottings it had when it was between 6 - 9cm.

As plat endlis go, I might have gotten one with bad growth genes, or are plat endlis generally slow growers?

Edit: as far as polys go, this plat has been the most demanding in terms of husbandry (from live foods to water quality and then onto pellets). Plat endlis are quite a high maintenance fish as compared to say a normal endli or even a PBB.

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It’s been three months since the last update. It’s now 11cm, so the growth has been consistently (slow). Last measured was 7.5cm so that’s just over 1cm a month. At least it’s getting a little thicker. Also, it has now grown out of the dark spottings it had when it was between 6 - 9cm.

As plat endlis go, I might have gotten one with bad growth genes, or are plat endlis generally slow growers?

Edit: as far as polys go, this plat has been the most demanding in terms of husbandry (from live foods to water quality and then onto pellets). Plat endlis are quite a high maintenance fish as compared to say a normal endli or even a PBB.

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