How come my bichirs never friggin grow!!!
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Bichirs grow at different rates even if they are from the same batch. I'm talking samples of at least 10 fish. In my experience, bichirs will grow in spurts when they are above 6". I have had indivduals that have not grown much for about 6 months then suddenly catch up to their clutch mates. If you plan on increasing the temps and the water changes then I would also feed them more often. Try twice a day. They grow much faster on fish fillets than just pellets. I never saw any real increase in growth from feeding prawns as oppose to pellets.
gianolrac is right massivore well do the best on a stable diet its also good for large catfish i had a sen. from walmart ( forgive me i was a noob at the time when i bought him ) that out grew everything in its tank except a rt/ts cross on massivore
I have a Delhezi that has not grown more than 2 inches in the last year and I have an ornate that has grown about an inch every 2 months for the last year and an endli that has grown about an inch a month since Feb.
I do 30% waterchanges once a week in a 240 gallon which sits at about 80 degrees. The bichirs eat hikari sinking carnivore pellets and live tubifex worms. The endli and ornate both love the worms while the del won't touch them. Maybe that contributes to the growth rate or maybe it just has more to do with the species...
From what i have read everyone seems to think Delhezis are slow growers.
I do 30% waterchanges once a week in a 240 gallon which sits at about 80 degrees. The bichirs eat hikari sinking carnivore pellets and live tubifex worms. The endli and ornate both love the worms while the del won't touch them. Maybe that contributes to the growth rate or maybe it just has more to do with the species...
From what i have read everyone seems to think Delhezis are slow growers.
I feel like cb polys in general grow slower and stay smaller than their wild caught counterparts
My endli stopped growing at the 14" mark more or less
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My endli stopped growing at the 14" mark more or less
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My fastest growers have been my dels, slowest my sens. My dels are also the biggest feeders and are on the food first and last to leave after its all gone
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yeah, i notice that they go through growth spurts, never really know when it'll happen. mine grew slowly when they were babies and just recently started to blow up.
I feel you dude I have some rubberlip plecos. I've had them for 3 years. They haven't even grown! I have pics too! They've been in a 20gal growout. They are 1" each. I was gonna put them in a 55gal but their not growing!
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Ok just got hikiri carnivore sinking pellets and talapia fillets! Think they will have a massive growth spurt??
wish me luck!
wish me luck!
