Was just wondering what polys you have, specimen size, what their juvie growth rate is/was, what you feed, rotation of food (how often do you feed food A compared to food B), feeding schedule, planted tank or bare, tank size, day/night length, WC, and just about anything you could relate to growth.
I have four grow outs in a lightly planted 20 gallon tank. Sunlight slightly reaches the tank so I keep them in about 12 hours of day time (8 hours of sunlight, 4 hours of lamps). I feed them small fillets of pangasius (cream dory), sinking carnivore pellets, rarely some mealworms, used to feed them bloodworms until I read somewhere that they suck when it comes to nutrition, small pieces of sliversides, chopped up market shrimp, sometimes african night crawlers, and the occassional small feeders (which my ornate loves to catch). I do like a regular feeding every night. I leave a couple of pieces enough for each and take out excess in the morning. I change food everyday. I feed the fillets and the pellets more often than silversides and the others. I stopped feeding the bloodworms too.
Specimens:
2x Endli - Both about 3". Got them 2-3 months ago at about 1 1/2-2". Pretty thick. Theyre growing pretty slow and dont eat unless the lights are off but once I come back I notice a bump in their stomachs.
Ornate - 3". Got him about a month or two ago at about 2". Never came out for about a month and only recently started exploring. Never see him feeding except for the time I saw him with a small feeder in his mouth.
Delhezi - 5". Got him the same time as my endlis at around 2 1/2-3". Def has the fastest growth rate. Very thick and is always out and about. Poor markings but great personality. He's the only one I see eating with the lights on. Although no one is bullying anyone in the tank. They all get along.
I also have a WC Lap, 10" and 2CB sens, one 9" and the other 7". The Lap is pretty new so I dont know what his growth is. The other 2 were pretty slow. Both are around 2yrs of age and seem to have stopped growing longer and have only reached their length this year.
Sorry for the long post. Wanted to compare mine to yours.
How about you guys? What are your experiences?
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I have four grow outs in a lightly planted 20 gallon tank. Sunlight slightly reaches the tank so I keep them in about 12 hours of day time (8 hours of sunlight, 4 hours of lamps). I feed them small fillets of pangasius (cream dory), sinking carnivore pellets, rarely some mealworms, used to feed them bloodworms until I read somewhere that they suck when it comes to nutrition, small pieces of sliversides, chopped up market shrimp, sometimes african night crawlers, and the occassional small feeders (which my ornate loves to catch). I do like a regular feeding every night. I leave a couple of pieces enough for each and take out excess in the morning. I change food everyday. I feed the fillets and the pellets more often than silversides and the others. I stopped feeding the bloodworms too.
Specimens:
2x Endli - Both about 3". Got them 2-3 months ago at about 1 1/2-2". Pretty thick. Theyre growing pretty slow and dont eat unless the lights are off but once I come back I notice a bump in their stomachs.
Ornate - 3". Got him about a month or two ago at about 2". Never came out for about a month and only recently started exploring. Never see him feeding except for the time I saw him with a small feeder in his mouth.
Delhezi - 5". Got him the same time as my endlis at around 2 1/2-3". Def has the fastest growth rate. Very thick and is always out and about. Poor markings but great personality. He's the only one I see eating with the lights on. Although no one is bullying anyone in the tank. They all get along.
I also have a WC Lap, 10" and 2CB sens, one 9" and the other 7". The Lap is pretty new so I dont know what his growth is. The other 2 were pretty slow. Both are around 2yrs of age and seem to have stopped growing longer and have only reached their length this year.
Sorry for the long post. Wanted to compare mine to yours.
How about you guys? What are your experiences? Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
