brigs growth rate difference

A month ago I got 3 pea sized brigs, thanks Jacob. Their growth rate is of concern, 1 is a little bit bigger, 1 maybe +50% + "Tubby" is at least 3 times bigger than on arrival. OK, the smallest was on the filter intake for a couple days but is this normal to have such a big difference in growth rate?

I have been feeding daily 1 pellet, either Ken's veggie stix or earthworm, broken into 2 pieces & occaisional veggies. Today the smallest was at 1 end so I threw both pellet halves very close to him so he'd have first dibs. Tubby was at the other end of a 20g long, high on the glass. 90 minutes later & Tubby is on a pellet & the smallest is up on the glass moving away from the food. Is this a snail aggression issue or what? Should I move Tubby to another tank & see if he's faster than RCS & let the smaller snails grow? Tubby sure is getting big & pretty magenta but...:nutkick:is this trouble?

Thanks guys! Pet, I forgot about that site since I didn't have brigs yet. I haven't tried to sex them yet, are they big enough to tell?

I think Tubby may just be Speedy & since he's biggest just hogs the pellet/veg. The smaller 2 will share sometimes, maybe Tubby does a snail growl equivalent :hitting:

I don't really want baby snails or eggs so their sex doesn't much matter but it might be fun to see the difference between siphon & penis :naughty: I feel like a snail perv erv: :evil_lol: but I didn't know all this stuff when we had 1 a couple times years ago :eek3: . At least with some fish, it seems the girls are more food oriented, the boys more into reproduction.

At what size do the males start the mounting behavior? Or females lay eggs?

fishycat said:

Tubby's got the "antennae bullwhip" down to a science. *ker-whack* "Get off my green bean!"

Y'know, I have never seen Dax's "equipment"... but that tank is very full of plants, so I don't(can't) spend a lot of time watching the fish like I used to.

I think Dax started mounting my bigger female when he was about 3/4" in size. She was smaller than him, and really fought him off. Nowadays (they're all fully grown) she's become used to his attentions and doesn't really do much erv:. I used to worry so much because of how extremely she'd contort herself trying to get away.

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"antennae bullwhip" too funny, fishy! (I guess AC doesn't have that whipped emoticon I've seen) At least I won't feel dumb if I can't tell either, should I decide to look. It'll be 1 of life's mysteries haha, mystery snails : :duh: