Fishful Thinking Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Saw these today for the first time in person. Impressive, especially the two inch female that was running the tank. How difficult are these to raise? Is bloat a major issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XodoK Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Very awesome fish to own. They are quite prone to bloat but I have one from the same batch that's about 7" now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybrid Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 Beautiful fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishful Thinking Posted December 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 How quickly do they grow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 How quickly do they grow? lol slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishful Thinking Posted December 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 So how much could you expect them to put on in the first year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Mahe Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Tough to say, might be anywhere from 6-10" after the 1st year. I had a group of 10 a couple years ago. Grew them up to about 3" when every single one of the dropped dead from bloat. IMO it is from stress and not from type of food. I believe that if kept in groups one becomes dominant and stresses the others causing bloat. If i were to do it again I would try keeping one in its own grow out tank until it was about 6". Once again all of this is just my opinion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikeaholic Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 are they in a community setting??? I always wondered if they could live with Festae in a large tank???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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