Watch Him Grow: My male Green Terror named Kai

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philipraposo1982 said:
Yeah when I had my female they spawned twice. Both times they had great hatch rates but both times the female would let the male help parent them.

Once the fry starts free swimming in the tank the female could not protect them from the male and he would eat the babies.

The fighting between them is part of the reason for getting rid of the female
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is the male not the problem? i think mine hatched today what colour are the new born fry i got tiny white specs floating all around my water
 
Depends on how you look at it.

Had the female of allowed him to guard the eggs and raise the fry with her I highly doubt there would be any problems with him eating the fry.

The bigger issue is regarding the pre and post spawn aggression which both fish would display. From what I read and understand this is common but was not something I enjoyed watching.

A fair bit of damage to both fish would take place. Swollen mouths, torn fins, battle wounds on the body of the fish. All of which heals in time but could cause problems. In the wild fish would have much more room to separate and not be under so much aggression.

Since I always wanted to keep the male I got rid of my female.
 
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philipraposo1982 said:
Depends on how you look at it.

Had the female of allowed him to guard the eggs and raise the fry with her I highly doubt there would be any problems with him eating the fry.

The bigger issue is regarding the pre and post spawn aggression which both fish would display. From what I read and understand this is common but was not something I enjoyed watching.

A fair bit of damage to both fish would take place. Swollen mouths, torn fins, battle wounds on the body of the fish. All of which heals in time but could cause problems. In the wild fish would have much more room to separate and not be under so much aggression.

Since I always wanted to keep the male I got rid of my female.
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mine bread and laid eggs and did not fight. Everything else in the tank the male tried chewing on such as decoration and filter even air bubbles he was attacking
now i got tons of white things in my water and i dont know weather there fry or has he taken the bottum of the filter off as he was chewing that this morning.
here is the topic i put some vids up
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/white-wild-green-terror.678369/
 
Not all pairs will fight i guess. I was not so lucky with mine. Either way I am happy with my male, he is going to be a great looking fish as an adult. He seems much happier too as he gets to run the whole space instead of only half :)
 
How much growth can I expect in the first year? assuming he is 3" now, is it possible he could gain 4-5 inches in the first year?

How much have your GT's grown in their first year of development?

Thanks!
 
That's not an unreasonable estimate. GT can be pretty slow growers. My first GT grew from around 3 inches to 10 1/2 inches in 2 years.
 
I did a bunch of reading of other threads and found that on avg GT's grow .25-.5" per month

In the odd cases some GT's are growing more but en up slowing down at around 6 inch mark.
 
I've been talking about buying a good camera for so long now.
They're awesome pictures. The fish and the tank looks real nice too.
 
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