my florida spotted aint growin much faster mate stick with it! they had a couple of monsters around 15 to 18" in wharf the other day dont no how much they were sellin for thospwd;2549389; said:
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Cheers cambo,its not that hes a slow grower ,he hasnt grown a mm in about 6 months!!
I just rang wharf and they have got some in and hes going to ring me back with the prices,but i told him i bought this one from them and he said they are slow growers!!!!!!!!
Not what i was expecting to hear,when they are big,yes but not from 6"
Dont know who it was i spoke to but......
cheers steve
I just rang wharf and they have got some in and hes going to ring me back with the prices,but i told him i bought this one from them and he said they are slow growers!!!!!!!!
Not what i was expecting to hear,when they are big,yes but not from 6"
Dont know who it was i spoke to but......
cheers steve
spwd;2552456; said:
Wharf know what they are talking about so the chances are they are right.
Id stick with it if i were you or get a big one too!
One thing about wharf though is they aint cheap!
Tom500;2552463; said:
lol some how not.... if wharf know more about any primitive fish than me id fall over backwards quite literally and im still young, lfs talk bull if they dont know doesnt matter who it is they guess..... The only way i could really conceive a gars growth as slow is if you are comparing to wild max size to tank raised max size.... other than that they never get slow.... slow is gatf, dat ext.... fl/sp gar are on pair with aros when small... how is that slow?
Steve: id love to take take the lil guy on..... 1mm in six months is extremely odd as yu know... id be intrigued to see if there is any thing to learn from this guy and see if i cant get his growth up or if it is just a case of slow genetics....
i took one from wharf about a year ago (prob same batch) and thats only grown about an inch in length has bulked out thoermgravy;2553247; said:
there are some gars on aquarist classified under tropical fish section theyare around the 50quid mark and about a foot or so.
any 1 wana swap some rays for a marine tank?
any 1 wana swap some rays for a marine tank?
ermgravy;2553247; said:
Haha ooo get a load of you lol!
Na i doubt they know as much as an expert like yourself but there is no deniying as far a shops go they are very knowledgable!
I have never seen a gar grow as fast as an aro but ill take you word for it!
my point is exactly that... im young 23, certainly no expert, i could not begin to wish i kneww half of what people like oddball, poly, E_americanus or anne know about primitive fish but lfs talk out their backsides about anything they dont know about and all the stigmatism that is attached to shops like wharf n wildwoods is bs... thats all i mean.....
on average you would expect a sp/fl to grow some where between .5" - 1" a month from 3" until approx 9-13" when they tend to slow right down.... some dont some slow to growth of under 1" per year.... ive got a 18" still growing 1" bimonthly.... and then my smaller crop started all with in 1" of each other and there is prob 4-5" range in there sizes now.....
and as for last comment... i know...:
E-eel still here... still up for grabs....
on average you would expect a sp/fl to grow some where between .5" - 1" a month from 3" until approx 9-13" when they tend to slow right down.... some dont some slow to growth of under 1" per year.... ive got a 18" still growing 1" bimonthly.... and then my smaller crop started all with in 1" of each other and there is prob 4-5" range in there sizes now.....
and as for last comment... i know...:
E-eel still here... still up for grabs....
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