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As everyone knows fish websites are very inconsistant about the max. size of fish. I was wondering if everyone who has a jaguar here, to please list the size and age of their fish. I was also wonder how fast they grow and generly how smaller are females than males. Thanks :)
Size: male 11", female 9"
Age: ~2 years old
Max.size for a male jaguar in captivity seems to be around 16", some rare specimens might get even bigger, average size seems to be around 14", females get a few inches shorter.
They grow fast, about an inch a month, but slows down the bigger they get.
PumaWard
02-03-2004, 7:10 AM
Male, ~6'' have had him going on 3 months, got him when he was 4''.
As FI76 stated, average is 14'', I think 16'' in the wild is still pretty big though not unheard of.
11" age unknown-came with a tank I bought. Fianally found perfect tank mates for him that he didn't try to destroy in the form of a 13" Clown Knife and a 12" pleco.
F176 is right on. I had a 7 year old male that was 15". Female was a foot.
about how long would a female jaguar last in a 90g?
I have two females:
Akasha, 14" about 2.5 years old
Pele, 8" about 1.5 years old
Dragon_Lord_Tia
02-03-2004, 11:55 PM
mine are about 15cm and ive had them for about 4 months i got them at 4cm or so
Originally posted by Nippy
I have two females:
Akasha, 14" about 2.5 years old
Pele, 8" about 1.5 years old Could you post a picture of Akasha? Judging by the size I would say that she is a he... But a picture would let me know for sure.
I've wondered this myself because of her size but her fins are so rounded. The pics of males I have seen, the dorsal and ventral fins have a definite point to them. Both of hers have a tiny point at the very tip and then a huge roundness.
The only somewhat full pic of her I have uploaded right now is an old one and you can only see her ventral fin:
http://web.acsalaska.net/~vlaun/Big Akasha.jpg
I have to admit, 1/2" of that length is probably due to the top part of her jaw being dislocated a little over a year ago. It makes her mouth stick out more.
Wow, what a beauty! And it actually looks like a female, just a very big and healthy one. ;)
I didn't think they could get that big.
About the fins, I'm not sure but I don't think that you can sex jags by looking at the fins, my male and female jag has just about the same roundness as your Akasha.
Crappy pictures but you can see the analfin quite clearly.
The male...
http://erland.homeip.net/~fredrik/akvariebilder/Ciklider/Jaguarciklid/managuense215.jpg
And the female...
http://erland.homeip.net/~fredrik/akvariebilder/Ciklider/Jaguarciklid/managuense216.jpg
/Fredrik