my silver aro's growth rate-future silver owners look

[midnight]

so heres a timeline of my silver from baby to now,5" to 28"
anyone wanting a silver or owns a baby silver read this thread...


09-13-2006
20g tank
first pic of the lil guy
so cute it makes you want one right?

11-25-2006
55g
2 months after i got him i moved him to the 55g

01-13-2007
2months after the move

04-25-2007
last pix of him in the 55g
he was about 17"

06-13-2007
2 months after being moved into a 100g

10-24-2007
4 months later in the 100g
he is now 22" long
he is now around a year old

12-01-2007
2 months later
last pix of him in the 100g

06-11-2008
6 months later
he is in the 240g

10-29-2008
and here is the monster 2 years after i got him
27-28"

and now i have a monster almost 2-1/2 feet long
not sure what the next step for him is
im thinking
make it through the winter in the 240g
them move him outside to my 480g timber pond for next summer
then before next winter add him to my parents pond where he will hopefully make it through the winters and live a long life
sound good?
any better ideas?



so all the future silver owners,this is what you have to look forward to
hope your prepared

 

[djarmstrong]

Awsome Thread , i am getting a 5/ 6inch Silver tomorrow to go in a 120Gal grow out tank on it's own before i tranfer him over to a 470Gal tank when he getting bigger enough to go in with my current fish .

This has helped alot showing me how fast they grow .

 

[Lupin]

Nice diary. How big is your parents' pond?

 

[midnight]

Awsome Thread , i am getting a 5/ 6inch Silver tomorrow to go in a 120Gal grow out tank on it's own before i tranfer him over to a 470Gal tank when he getting bigger enough to go in with my current fish .

This has helped alot showing me how fast they grow .

cool the thread already helped
and sounds like your ready

Nice diary. How big is your parents' pond?

not sure
20ft deep maybe 50ft-75ft round or so



also
heres my aro scale collection
last few not in the pic but this is most of them

 

[silverdragon]

nice thread, loved the progression your aro has made.. thanks for sharing mate..

 

[piggy67]

sweet aro,and thanks for sharing this info,i'm getting an aro in a few months when i get a bigger tank for my gg.

 

[StripeGirl]

great thread,did you notice around 25-26 inches they slow way down growth wise.

 

[midnight]

nice thread, loved the progression your aro has made.. thanks for sharing mate..

thanks

sweet aro,and thanks for sharing this info,i'm getting an aro in a few months when i get a bigger tank for my gg.

least your getting a big tank first

great thread,did you notice around 25-26 inches they slow way down growth wise.

thanks
and no
i heard they slowed at 2 ft but im still waiting,and he is a bit past 2 ft now LOL

 

[BTB0923]

That's a cool timeline you've put together. I'm currently working on something similar, a video timeline of my silver's growth. Every month I'm taking a new vid from the same location in the room so I can edit it together with fades to show the growth rate. I think I'm going to do it about three more months before I finally edit it together.

 

[Johny]

great diary and nice aro!