Severum growth rate?

[jordanhunt]

I got a green severum on Sunday and he's pretty small, about 2 inches and I'm wondering, how long will it take for him to grow to about 6 inches, do they grow quickly, normally, or do they grow really slowly


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[Gill Blue]

I started 9 in a 90, about 2"-2.5" to start. at one year I had two remaining, one green and one turquoise. the turq was 5", the green 4". after the second year they were both 7". after the third year the turq was 9" and the green 8". after that growth was minimal. the turq died after a power outage let the tank temps drop. it was just over 10" at 8 years. the green survived the outage, and almost made it to 10 years but was only about 9"

 

[dxdx]

I started with a 2" rotkeil severum in March and he's about 5" now...

 

[jordanhunt]

Rotkeil severums look really cool, I wish my LFS sold them


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[Achill3s]

I started with 2 gold and 2 green, all at about 2 inches. 6 months later, I had to get rid of one gold cause it just wasn't growing and was getting picked on by the larger fish. The last gold one grew almost twice as fast as the others and is now at about 5 inches. The greens are a bit smaller at about 4 inches. So it really depends on the fish, some will grow faster and some will grow slower.

I have always heard that sevs grow slow though.

 

[Rafini]

I had 3 at 2"-3" in about 7 months they had got to the 6"-7" mark. they can either be slow or fast growers, they tend to have a fairly steady growth rate though