ornate info??

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Candiru
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Mar 20, 2006
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was at the LFS today and picked up a 3" ornate for 10$ without knowing a lot about them(i have three P sengals though)right now hes in a 20g with the 3 sengals, 2 TT eels and a BGK, whats there growth rate? how mutch should i feed?(he ate right out of the bag)and do they do OK in hard water i think my PH is pretty close to or at 8, and iam going to put him a 180 eventualy so dont worry
 
thats alot of fish for a 20g, id move em up fast :). get that 180 set up and you should be ok. ornates average i think 18-20" but can get larger. my ornate is growing slower than my sengal, but thats only 1 experience, it could probably go the other way.
 
yeah, my ornate grew quick, about an inch a month. I fed floating cichlid pellets (to get them to be more active)

I even started feeding dwarf frogs :headbang2
 
ornates have really cool colors. max size of 24" but usually averages 18" or so but can obviously get larger if kept for a really long time. awesome pick up =)
 
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