Rope fish captive max?

[AmazonFreak]

so i've seen the literature saying that ropes reach lengths of 30" in the wild, but what is the largest sizes on mfk? post pictures please!

 

[Shenanigans]

Ive seen some large ones pushing over 20", but they werent mine personally. Anyone have any over 20?

 

[Yoda1]

In Frank Schaefer's Aqualog book on Poly's he states there is a bit of confusion re the max size a Rope fish will get to.
But suggests 35cm is the max one could expect in captivity.

 

[AmazonFreak]

thanks for the replies guys, i hope to see some pictures of some large ones soon

 

[JamesF]

I've had 6 now. The largest have always maxed out at about 12-13".
As far as I know, ropes are all wild caught. If they got over 12" you would think you'd see 20" ones in the stores on a regular basis.
I'll post some pics tonight.

 

[Chub_by]

I have 3, 2 are female (12") and my male is 13". Still growing though, although very slow( about 1" in the last year)

 

[bigmanadil]

my friend has got one in his tank its around 14". he is having this fish for past 4 years

and from past 4 years it has grown only like 5 to 6 inches

 

[Dayvydp]

No pics?

 

[JamesF]

Here's a poor pic of my second largest. About 12".

 

[Chub_by]

Here's a poor pic of my second largest. About 12".
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Is that a guessed size? Cause if it's measured, I think mine are bigger than 12" after all.