Vieja argentea growth

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everlastace

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Hey so I bought 2 young vieja argentea at an auction yesterday and am wondering about a growth promoting diey

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(Accidentally pushed submit early) trying to find a good diet. I've wanted one of these for a while and finally found them! They are only 1.5" right now, so how can I grow them quickest?

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I asked the same question about a month ago and most members said they are slow growers. Around that time I picked up 7 argentea at 1-1 1/4" and 5 synspilum at 2-2 1/2", the argenteas grew 1/4" while the syns grew atleast 1/2-1".

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Oh great, another slow grower. Looks like they'll be in growout tanks for a while. Do the usual tricks help? Higher temps, more water changes and lots of food? Any other tricks?
 
Oh great, another slow grower. Looks like they'll be in growout tanks for a while. Do the usual tricks help? Higher temps, more water changes and lots of food? Any other tricks?

Oh I did that higher temp and power feeding small amount 3,4 times a day in there own tank helps too. And most importantly lots of water changes makes them grow faster. Here a video of mine at 1:40-1:55 you can see both there size compare to all the others I got around the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp-cSJn4UyY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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My grow out tank temp is 84F and I try and do a 80% water change every 3 days. I feed very heavily too.

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My grow out tank temp is 84F and I try and do a 80% water change every 3 days. I feed very heavily too.

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I'll probably have a similar regiment. Wish me luck

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