I don't know, but isn't 1 inch a year slow?
I hear oscars can grow up to 9" in one year from birth
I hear oscars can grow up to 9" in one year from birth
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No 1" / year is normal for Serrasalmus species. Some grow a bit faster, some a bit slower, but that is about the expected rate.
I'm 100% sure its a s. rhombeus, its not a spilopleuro, its not any of the other.
They are usually darker colored when larger too, looking more like a black piranha. As far as growing an inch a year, its average. They're not terribly fast groweres. Beautiful specimens. Most of these in captivity will stop growing around 10-12" range, I've yet to see someone raise a serrasalmus past 12" in captivity. But from the wild, they come that size pretty frequently, must be something in the water or diet, or both.
hope that answers your questions. I've kept almost every species of piranhas in the past, except pristobrycon maculipinnis. I use to spend thousands of dollars buying them, I still like them a lot!
They are usually darker colored when larger too, looking more like a black piranha. As far as growing an inch a year, its average. They're not terribly fast groweres. Beautiful specimens. Most of these in captivity will stop growing around 10-12" range, I've yet to see someone raise a serrasalmus past 12" in captivity. But from the wild, they come that size pretty frequently, must be something in the water or diet, or both.
hope that answers your questions. I've kept almost every species of piranhas in the past, except pristobrycon maculipinnis. I use to spend thousands of dollars buying them, I still like them a lot!
