story short, i imported this guy at 4 inch. grew him for a bit and gave him to a friend. he grew to about 8 inches and had his tail completely bit off by his leopoldi in the same 1200 gal tank! since then, hes acted the same... ate fine and swam around fine. hes now 10 inches and acts like nothing has happened! a freak accident but i'm glad to see that he's going to make it!
i will try and get a video of him when i visit. i'm sure it will be a cool sight to see a pancake flopping around without a tail lol