I guess it is hard to tell the growth unless youv seen him from the begining in person but theres suttle differences. Hes definatly grown though. Hes seven or so inches now and was five inches when i got him around january. Not exact measurments but pretty close. Hes currently in a thirty gallon and will be moved into a fifty five gallon when he outgrows the thirty and so on and so forth until i have a tank he wont out grow which im sure will be huge. He just started eating feeder fish a few weeks ago so that was pretty exciting too. Hes gotten taller too, not lenght or width, but height lol if you know what im trying to say. Hes stretching out I guess in simple terms ^-^ It would definatly be depressing if something were to ever happen to him.