large jurupari?

[HiImSean]

everywhere i've read says they reach about 10" or so. the largest i've seen was one about 8" at a LFS. i've had mine since last may and it seems like he has not grown an inch. i feed a veritey of food, do 50% weekly water changes, and have great water quaility. mine is about 4.5"

 

[rust9000]

if i remember correctly, they are very slow growers, dont quote me on this as i have been out of the game a while lol, when i last had geos, they grew 1/2" in the year i had them, they were red heads, not jurupari, sorry probs not much help lol

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

i have two juruparis, and mine are slow growers.

i've had them for at least 4-6 months (cant remember) and they only grew .5-1"

 

[peathenster]

mine put on a couple of inches in perhaps 3 months, but have slowed down (they are now just over 5")...

 

[edburress]

He certainly looks healthy, but looking at its stomach I think it could use more food

 

[DaveB]

Mine looks like that too and he's in the juvy tank that gets powerfed. I think they're just the ectomorphs of the fish kingdom.

I have had my current guy almost a year and he has grown less than .5", I'd say. The adults I've had (Leucosticta, not real jurupari) have never gotten noticeably larger. They're much slower growers than Orangeheads.

 

[MrWiskers]

They are very slow growers. I kept some for a couple years and only got a inch or so out of them. Great fish though and fun to watch.

 

[HiImSean]

He certainly looks healthy, but looking at its stomach I think it could use more food

he's very healthy and eats plenty. no matter how much he eats he never gets a big stomach. he's got washboard abs lol

 

[abiddle]

I have one with the same issue.
He eats well, seems healty, and is in a large clean tank, but has not grown much.
He has a great personality and holds his own against his other cichlid tankmates.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Yours is beautiful. I personally have not seen any, even close to 8" never mind 10. Even my sat. Pappatara are only 6"