Midavil Growth - 3 Months time

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FSM;1809051; said:
Wow. About how big is he (she?) now?

I've had my GT about 4 1/2 months, and he hasn't even grown 3 inches.

I got my fish all at the same time. If they were all about the same size when I got them you could probably stuff my GT and my JD into the Midavil's body now.

The slower growth is totally normal and expected.
 
citrinelum;1811034; said:
spectacular growth, what are you feeding him

I have been feeding her (and all my fish) Hikari gold in the morning and then a frozen brine shrimp cube in the afternoon when I get home. Because my dempsey tends to steal the cube I also typically give the hikari frozen blood worms and sinking brine shrimp pellets a little while after the cube.

The Midavil loves the sinking brine shrimp pellets the best. (S)he will gobble almost all of them before they make it to the bottom of the tank. Then she sweeps the tank looking for the (very) few she missed.
 
Decoder;1810940; said:
Thats normal for a GT.

I realize that. I just wish they had growth that wasn't so insanely slow (for a cichlid, anyway)
Especially since they look better and better as the get larger.
 
FSM;1812119; said:
I realize that. I just wish they had growth that wasn't so insanely slow (for a cichlid, anyway)
Especially since they look better and better as the get larger.

Worth the wait though. My JD grows at the same rate as my saum.
 
AMG;2303704; said:
She's looking large.

Yea and my gold saum female is about 6 inches (I've posted it already in the saum pic sticky thread) and so I must be doing something right when it comes to feeding. One thing to note is she didn't really have any drastic color changes.
 
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