hes only around 5 inches right now . I got him when he was the size of my pinkie finger nail. He most likely had parasites at the beginning also because I had a rough go at keeping him alive for the first few months. ( hence his name pipsqeak ) He is in a 300 gallon right now along with my other aggressive species. Im currently speccing out another custom 300 build right now just for him. ( glass is expensive here ! ) 800 dollars alone for the glass cut I want . But he is my ultimate dream fish and he is definitely a character. Leaves all of the other fish alone. although he has a girlfriend or he " thinks " he does lol. Im happy he is finally past that little point and starting to put on some serious size ( girth and length ) Although he does not like nightcrawlers ( Which is strange ) he loves pellets ! cant seem to get enough of them .