Quickiest way to make fish grow.

[Seattle206]

I have have a 5in Red Belly Pacu and a 9in Silver Arow. They are in a 180gal aquarium. I've had them for about 2 weeks, I feed them Hikari Sticks, Dried Krill, Blood Worms, and Guppies. They dont accept pellets some reason. How long would I have to wait before the Pacu gets to at least 9inches? and the Arow. to be at least a foot? I feed them 3 times a day.

 

[StreetCypher]

Raising the temperature will increase their metabolism. You can feed small amounts multiple times a day, but be careful not to overfeed. The line between overfeeding and powerfeeding is a little blurry. Overfeeding will only screw with your water parameters because they powerpoop.

 

[downloader]

Whats the rush ? The pacu will be 2 feet withing a year or so


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[Captain Hook]

Higher temperatures, lots of small feedings, and frequent water changes

 

[Seattle206]

I'm kinda rushing to have them grow is because the tank is too small for them. My dad said that once they get bigger then he'll have an indoor pond built.

 

[blitzen25bm]

do everything everyone said especially the water changes. feed them meaty foods, shrimps, worms, beefhearts and gut loaded crickets/mealworms.

they should be that size by new years.

 

[NatakuTseng]

Do a bit of research on the fish before you do anything, especially with concern to raising the temperature. Frequent small feedings and daily water changes are the best way to get fish to grow. Raising the temp isn't always the anwser, it depends where you have it now, the key is to figure out at what temp their metabolism's function best, usually its at the higher end of the SPECIES temp range. You may already be hitting that, you may not. Look that one up. If they won't accept pellets, well then feed them nothing but the pellets, within a week they should start figuring out that its food. Make sure you remove any of the food they don't eat