So far the majority thinks I should keep them. CA-killa, I'll try and post some pics later on tonite.
Stunted Little Runts
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KEEP THEM!! If they made it living in a filter they deserve to live. Send them to me I will love them.
yeah i think you should keep them. who knows they may have a growth spurt and be healthy little monsters. i grew out my festae with about 15-20 of his siblings in my 20g long where they all grew super slow and took about 6mnths to reach 1in (numbers had greatly lowered by then, heater malfunctioned killing off the majority of them and then he became the dominant one and killed off the remaining 5 or 6 by the time he was a little over an inch) despite my doing water changes every other day to every three days. i then put him in my large tank where he is one of the lowest in the hierarchy but had a growth spurt for a couple months but he is now about a year old and only 3 to 3.5in long. now i know festae are slow growers but this is ridiculous and he has always been kept in good conditions and is healthy as can be so he isnt going anywhere, he is just taking his time growing to his full potential
your grammodes were kept in clean water, its just that the space was too small for them to grow so i think they may just surprise you, and grammodes are slow growers anyways, so anything is going to take that much longer to have a noticeable effect
your grammodes were kept in clean water, its just that the space was too small for them to grow so i think they may just surprise you, and grammodes are slow growers anyways, so anything is going to take that much longer to have a noticeable effect
I had the same thing happen to me as well but not nearly as long in the filter... Below is pics of 30+ BN pleco fry I pulled out of a HOT magnum filter. I still have one of these guys left. Keep them for sure they will "grow" on you lol!
>>> http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205115
>>> http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205115
I say keep them and see how they grow over time in an actual tank. I have a 3" Festae that has not grown much at all since I bought him over a year ago. Out of the four that I have left, he is the smallest. Two have grown to be 5" females in breeding dress and one has become a 6.5" dominant male. The tiny Festae goes about his business while the others fight for supremecy. But over the last month my little festae has put on an inch of length, more weight, and brighter colors. I don't know what changed. I feed them the same and the water changes are still weekly. Who knows why he started to grow. The 3" festae is the smallest in my tank but he is my favorite even among the beautiful females and the tough dom. male. I think this tiny one may grow up to be a very special fish. Maybe your grammodes will do the same. Keep them!
That's a first for me. I never knew someone to breed plecos. That's awesome.JK47;4230296;4230296 said:
Gruff Master;4230363; said:
that is cool . . . my bulldog plecos would lay eggs, but that was always as far as it got
FWIW, I changed one of my canisters yesterday and had the same thing, a leftover fry from a convict spawning about 3 mos ago . . . he was about half the size of the smallest runt from that spawn . . . just tossed him back into the main tank, but at that size, he may not last . . . was probably safer in the canister (!)
I'f they've survived that long in those conditions....ya gotta let em live. They might turn out to be pugnacious lil scrappers
Wow you guys have been busy polling. It looks like majority says keep them but I forgot to mention that I'm needing that tank for another project. Unfortunately, these are the fish that weren't meant to survive. I suppose I could keep them for a while longer and see if they have a growth spurt, or let them take their chances in the 265. Actually the one right up front has started to grow more than the others so you never know, it might survive.
Thanks for sharing the 'fish in the filter' stories, that's pretty kewl stuff. I didn't know it was so common.
Thanks for sharing the 'fish in the filter' stories, that's pretty kewl stuff. I didn't know it was so common.
