They won't get any larger than what they are. Not all fish will out grow the tanks they're put in, most only grow as big as their habitat will let them. We've nearly always kept large fish and never had one out grow it's tank. Our tank is not over stocked and there is still alot of room left in it. Like I've said already, they have plenty of room, they get enough food and it's kept clean and free of disease.
The majority of fish species will only grow as big as their habitat and the fish we have right now, we've done extensive research on, in our 185gal/700L tank.
We would keep smaller fish like small barbs, guppies, mollies, swordtails, etc in our tank, but we've always had problems with them. Barbs rip into other fish and each other, mollies get eaten alive while they give birth, swordtails don't stop breeding, same with guppies, etc... We have tried smaller fish in that tank, just was not the best time we had. We did start out with those fish and the tank has merely "evolved" into what it is. The Jack Dempsey and Electric Blue were actually mistaken to be small types of cichlid, as they were labelled wrong in one of our lfs. As they matured we fiugred out for sure what they were.
I will admit though, I'd like to keep some good mollies and platties in that tank again, along with another couple Congo Tetras, but I really doubt anyone wants to buy the fish we have right now and we've become really attached to them anyways. They're another part of the family. Keep in mind, even though you might think we've overstocked, we don't think we have. We know the dietry needs of each and every single fish species in that tank and take special care of it in general.
The majority of fish species will only grow as big as their habitat and the fish we have right now, we've done extensive research on, in our 185gal/700L tank.
We would keep smaller fish like small barbs, guppies, mollies, swordtails, etc in our tank, but we've always had problems with them. Barbs rip into other fish and each other, mollies get eaten alive while they give birth, swordtails don't stop breeding, same with guppies, etc... We have tried smaller fish in that tank, just was not the best time we had. We did start out with those fish and the tank has merely "evolved" into what it is. The Jack Dempsey and Electric Blue were actually mistaken to be small types of cichlid, as they were labelled wrong in one of our lfs. As they matured we fiugred out for sure what they were.
I will admit though, I'd like to keep some good mollies and platties in that tank again, along with another couple Congo Tetras, but I really doubt anyone wants to buy the fish we have right now and we've become really attached to them anyways. They're another part of the family. Keep in mind, even though you might think we've overstocked, we don't think we have. We know the dietry needs of each and every single fish species in that tank and take special care of it in general.