I've stared at them some more today and they are more like 10"-12".
So the growth amounts to ~6"-8" over the last 9 months.
So the growth amounts to ~6"-8" over the last 9 months.
I have very very different results Viktor.... I got my Yangtze cats from Wes a little under 2 months ago.. they were about 6 inches or so at the time... now they are both over 12 inches.. the larger of the 2 probably pushing 14 inchesIf it is anything like my 5 Silurus asotus (thanks Wes!), it will be a while. I'd expect them to be similar - they are close by geographically too - Yanze (meridionalis) and Amur (asotus) rivers, both temperate, both grow to about the same max size of 3', look similar, very similar biology = biological niche, IIRC.
I got them last Aug 2015 at ~4"-5". Today they are ~8"-10".
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not that they are completely comparable but when I first bought my channel cat it was the same way. always hiding, never saw it eat and it HATED light. now he eats everything in its path and even eats off the top of the tank competing with the crappie, bass and pickerel lolDay 5 update. The first two days he was extremely active. The next two days he hid under a log. This morning he was sucking up pellets like a vacuum cleaner. First time it ate that I was aware of. I'll see how active he is after the lights come on. The first one wasn't bothered by light at all.