Even if you do know people like that, those people aren't the whole population of owners. Those could easily be just the odd cases of them growing larger then normal in the home aquarium
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Even if you do know people like that, those people aren't the whole population of owners. Those could easily be just the odd cases of them growing larger then normal in the home aquarium
Tifftastic
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That's impressive, I'd love to see a P. senegalus that big! I had mine about 10 years ago now, and when I was looking on MFK back then pretty much everyone told me they never had one get bigger than 10 inches. Out of curiosity, what size tank do they keep them in?
Tifftastic
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I had an idea that was about the size. I think a lot of the reason that people told me they don't get that big is that they were stunting them. The recommended tank size when I was looking around was a one of the 33 gallon long tanks as minimum with a 55 suggested as sufficient. I think their slower growth rate makes people lean toward the smaller tanks. They're one of my favourites, but there's no way I'd keep one again in anything smaller than 100 gallon.
if you find a Senegal poly that hits 9 inches you're lucky....there are very few polys that hit 20 inches that are readily available.
senegals? get a pic of them, and ask them were they purchased them because the ONLY way those are senegals is if they are straight out of African waters.
Senegals are the most inbred, overproduced poly on the market with dels and ornates pulling in a close 2nd. Their genetics don't allow them to grow more than 9-10 inches in home aquaria most of the time. a 15" fish is either a F1 generation or wild caught.
