Slow growing?

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ryknier

ryknier

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Nov 10, 2004
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hey all, just curious to how slow everyones fish really grow, I have had my setup now for about a year, with the fish:
2 clown loaches
2 silver dollars
2 giant danios
1 green severum
1 BGK

all fish have gotten big over the year, BUT my loaches seem to be the same 3.5" since the day I bought them and the BGK well I don't know about him, but he might have gotten an inch if that

Now I have read that clown loaches were slow growing, how slow we talking about? Anyone out there wondering too?
 
rohnds

rohnds

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The life span of clown loaches are ~50years and they grow to 11 to 11.5 inches. So it is natural for then to grow extremely slowly.

Rohn
 
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willy:-)

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How big is your tank, that could have an effect, and yeah clowns are really slow, but the BGK should have grown more than that.
 
ryknier

ryknier

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I have a 72g, they have the most wierdest interactions some times, I can sit and watch them forever, the clown loaches some time swim right along the silver dollars and act like a sea lamprey minus the pasitic affect. and they love to dig! But ya I was just curious about their slow growth
 
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Halo

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I got a growth spurt out of mine when I first bought them. Say, half an inch the first year. Expect a quarter inch per year to be a little closer to the norm.
 
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