Is my Endlicheri a ShortBody?

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I've had this Endlicheri for about 4 years now, he didn't grow at all the first 2 years, but later he started getting fatter and growing a little... Here are som pics of him from 2 days ago (not so fat at the moment, had some problem with the tank and had to reduce the feeding a little bit). he's about 6-7 inches.

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Ya it's a sort bodied or a semi short bodied. Or it might be a stunted captive bred.
 
Not growing for two years is crazy. I bought 3 endlis about six months ago at 2-3". One is now well over 12" other two are 8-10". Feeding shrimp and pellets
 
svampus said:
Okay, we'll see when he grows then. Got to be easier to tell if it's a SB when he's bigger i guess. And yeah, his growth-rate is pretty low, haha. Everyone said "well, they grow pretty slow". Thought it was weird they grew THAT slow...
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lol. wild caught endli grow super fast. Around an inch a month. They can get from 2 inches to 14 inches at around a year.
 
svampus said:
I've had this Endlicheri for about 4 years now, he didn't grow at all the first 2 years, but later he started getting fatter and growing a little... Here are som pics of him from 2 days ago (not so fat at the moment, had some problem with the tank and had to reduce the feeding a little bit). he's about 6-7 inches.
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IMO, it's not a short body or even semi short. It's just a normal CB bred endi. Abt it not growing... I had a CB endi that stayed at 8" for almost a yr. Gave him to a friend of mine, didn't eat for 3mths there. But once it started eating, it has grew 4" in 2 mths. Now it's at 12". I have no explanation for this. I guess it could be environment or water since the 2 of us fed the same thing to that endi. But it has stopped growing again. But eating like a pig according to his current owner.
lix.ma14 said:
lol. wild caught endli grow super fast. Around an inch a month. They can get from 2 inches to 14 inches at around a year.
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I have nv seen a WC endi so small before, where did u get it? Any pics? I get my WC endis big so normally they dun seem to grow at all. I always believed CB endis grow much faster. But it seems the opposite might be true.
 
It's probably a SB due to bad genetics from captive breeding. CB endli tend to not grow pass 12"


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nid said:
IMO, it's not a short body or even semi short. It's just a normal CB bred endi. Abt it not growing... I had a CB endi that stayed at 8" for almost a yr. Gave him to a friend of mine, didn't eat for 3mths there. But once it started eating, it has grew 4" in 2 mths. Now it's at 12". I have no explanation for this. I guess it could be environment or water since the 2 of us fed the same thing to that endi. But it has stopped growing again. But eating like a pig according to his current owner.
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Hmm okay, seems to be mixed oppinons in this thread... But this endli also didn't eat for about 3 months, about 2 years ago now. If i compare this endli to 2 other endlis that i had a while ago (that a friend of mine has now) they are just as long, but mine seems so much fatter and compact...Isn't there a way to tell if they are SB? like how far apart some fins are, or something?
 
I'll try to get pictures of my short bodied endli tonight if I remember, but yours doesn't really look like mine. Yours looks a little skinny and still has an elongated looking shape.

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