Any ideas here? I have three severums (severa? 
), have had them around a year and they're only 3-4" long. The tank is a 55 gallon (I know some people will think that's too small but given the current problem let's not worry about that), nitrates < 20ppm and as much food as they'll eat. They're healthy enough and are growing slowly (had to move some of the smaller fish out when they started to disappear) and the largest one is starting to adopt adult colouration.
Any thoughts? Are some strains just smaller than others (full size estimates vary from 7" to 12" I've noticed)? Change of food? (They're currently on flake and frozen bloodworm)
Ironically if they do get as big as some reckon they can I'll have to give them away, but I'd rather they be healthy fish with someone else than stunted runts with me.
), have had them around a year and they're only 3-4" long. The tank is a 55 gallon (I know some people will think that's too small but given the current problem let's not worry about that), nitrates < 20ppm and as much food as they'll eat. They're healthy enough and are growing slowly (had to move some of the smaller fish out when they started to disappear) and the largest one is starting to adopt adult colouration.Any thoughts? Are some strains just smaller than others (full size estimates vary from 7" to 12" I've noticed)? Change of food? (They're currently on flake and frozen bloodworm)
Ironically if they do get as big as some reckon they can I'll have to give them away, but I'd rather they be healthy fish with someone else than stunted runts with me.
I was hoping my loaches would eat them but the severums got there first.