Nile perch growth rate ?

[Matt S]

So I'm getting a 6 inch Nile perch today and was wondering what I can expect his growth rate to be he will be in a 180 gallon grow out tank ? I do 50% water changes every 2 days and am going to be feeding him massivore , frozen foods , and fresh fish fillets


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[Matt S]

Anyone?


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[Matt S]

Just got here can't wait to get him in the tank


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[arowanaryan]

Jackson Aquatics? I was gonna grab this guy! Real quick growth... may be hard to get off of live food though. Good luck.

 

[Gill Blue]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?345275-Nile-perch-GROWTH-RATE


http://www.springerlink.com/content/k18649406m719772/
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Volume 33, Number 3 (1992), 299-305, DOI: 10.1007/BF00005874
Growth and reproduction of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus, an introduced predator, in the Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, East Africa

Nicholas F. Hughes
Length-frequency data suggest Nile perch, Lates niloticus, from the Nyanza Gulf grew to a total length of 9 cm by age 118 days and 23 cm by age 287 days. A modified von Bertalanffy growth curve t = 1.35·L(1-e–K(t-t o)) with the parameters L = 93.1, K = 0.272 and to = 0.046, is suggested to describe growth up to 5 years of age and the relationship t = 1.35·(31.96 + 7.681t) for fish aged 6 years and above. Length-weight relationships were = 0.0234·-gt2.74 for fish between 7 and 15.9 cm total length, = 0.0151·2.94 for fish between 16 and 45.9 cm total length, and = 0.0023·3.44 for fish between 46 and 120 cm total length. Male Nile perch first matured between 50 and 55 cm total length when they were probably 2 years old; female Nile perch first matured between 80 and 85 cm total length when they were probably 4 years old. Small males were common, large males were rare, with the reverse holding for females. Sex change, from male to female, is a possible explanation for this size dimorphism.

 

[Matt S]

Jackson Aquatics? I was gonna grab this guy! Real quick growth... may be hard to get off of live food though. Good luck.

Yeah I got it from him and I got him eating night crawlers already tonight so I'm very happy I'm hoping to get Him to pellets and fillets once I fatten him up


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[boldtogether]

Nile Perch get giant, quickly. They slow down after about 4 years, and this fish can live up to 15-16yrs. Your little 180 wont be big enough before to long.