Thanks, Sensei 
I was not doubting your knowledge but trying to understand the depth of its support. I am satisfied and hope we will keep learning together. Seriously though, I've been relying on your expertise in these matters, esp. now that Necrocanis is, I infer, having to deal with other life's challenges first. I hope and pray dearly he'd be back.
Your observation alone of the fasci fast growth and the slow growth of the tig and retic is a good pointer (to me) that you are on the right path. Fasci was chosen to be farmed and used for hybridization in priority over other TSNs because if its this reason - fast initial growth is 1000x more important to the farmer than the final adult size. It appears most/all (?) farmed catfish, e.g., TSN, channels, walking cats, IDS, etc., are harvested as soon as they reach ~1.5', not at 3'-5'.
I was not doubting your knowledge but trying to understand the depth of its support. I am satisfied and hope we will keep learning together. Seriously though, I've been relying on your expertise in these matters, esp. now that Necrocanis is, I infer, having to deal with other life's challenges first. I hope and pray dearly he'd be back.Your observation alone of the fasci fast growth and the slow growth of the tig and retic is a good pointer (to me) that you are on the right path. Fasci was chosen to be farmed and used for hybridization in priority over other TSNs because if its this reason - fast initial growth is 1000x more important to the farmer than the final adult size. It appears most/all (?) farmed catfish, e.g., TSN, channels, walking cats, IDS, etc., are harvested as soon as they reach ~1.5', not at 3'-5'.
