If you adopt a fish that is either stunted or kept in poor water conditions, will it still reach it's full adult size if it's introduced to a tank with proper water quality / tank size? This is more of a general question as I'm sure there are a lot of factors in play.
If you adopt a fish that is stunted..
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I have a female convict that I picked up from petsmart. She was 2" when I got her over a year ago and she's 2" now. I thought she was just young, guess she was stunted.
I guess it just depends on the fish.
I guess it just depends on the fish.
I would assume that the reason why it's stunted in the first place would also play a part in if it could be grown out or not.
Some fish never stop growing others grow very rapid within first two years.
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I have that same issue right now I adopted a 4" texas cichlid thats been in a 10g for 8months and it was about 1.5" when it first went in but i don't see any deformities or immediate issues so I'll just have to see if not then i have a midget texas 
I had a female jag and a firemouth (unknown gender) that I recieved stunted. They were between a year to a year and a half and they both stayed stunted. Like the guys above said it probably depends on where the fish is in the development stage and any health considerations making it stunted
