This may seem like an obvious one, but I was wondering what you all look for when you're determining if your fish are happy, healthy, and growing up properly. I normally look at eating, activity and color as my biggest signs.
The real reason I'm asking is I've recently started a 150G tank of africans. My stock is all very juvenile. I'm guessing that they're generally healthy as they eat well and are very active. I have no idea what color most of the juvi's are supposed to be. I also don't really know what the average growth rate should be. I know how big they'll get when mature, but no body really specified how long that'll take. So I guess more directly, if you were raising a "new" fish from very young, how would you know if you were on track for growth and health.
The real reason I'm asking is I've recently started a 150G tank of africans. My stock is all very juvenile. I'm guessing that they're generally healthy as they eat well and are very active. I have no idea what color most of the juvi's are supposed to be. I also don't really know what the average growth rate should be. I know how big they'll get when mature, but no body really specified how long that'll take. So I guess more directly, if you were raising a "new" fish from very young, how would you know if you were on track for growth and health.