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Post by cptcaveman on Jul 13, 2016 19:08:41 GMT -5
So I've managed to keep my Jack alive for a year and he's 7 inches (thanks to troy). My question is, how big should he get?
I know they can range in size, but are you able to have a good idea what their maximum OAL will be after the first year?
I know it'll be pretty much slow grow from here on.
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Post by Carl on Jul 14, 2016 8:30:46 GMT -5
A Jack Dempsey can get up to 10 inches, but my experience has been closer to 7-8 inches
Carl
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Post by cptcaveman on Jul 17, 2016 14:49:47 GMT -5
How much will he/they grow per year from now on? 1/6, 1/4? The interwebs says that they never quit growing, but just VERY slow. Would feeding them Hikari Staple help at all?
instead of starting another thread (unless you want me to), I'll just ask this here. I currently have 50lbs of gravel in my tank, does that seem like too much? and if I remove some (say 10lbs) would that help them grow at all, or benefit them at all? Doing the math I've found online it knocks my actual gallons down to 49, not including the ornaments. I'm temped to take out about half and see how it looks/works.
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Post by Carl on Jul 18, 2016 12:35:59 GMT -5
How much will he/they grow per year from now on? 1/6, 1/4? The interwebs says that they never quit growing, but just VERY slow. Would feeding them Hikari Staple help at all? This growth will depend on tank size and diet, as fish stunting does exist with our aquariums. So I cannot give an honest answer here. What I can say is diet definitely makes a difference in growth and even more so in fish health. For this reason while Hikari Cichlid staple is certainly a good food, it is far from the best. I strongly recommend feeding AAP Custom Carnivore as this is vastly superior Resource: www.americanaquariumproducts.com/ParadigmFoods.htmlReference (further recommended reading): www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Quality_Fish_Food.htmlIf you do not need this gravel, there is certainly no harm in removing it other than possible nitrifying bacteria loss, but with a good bio filter this impact should be minimal I generally only kept an inch or two Carl |
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Post by angelminx on Jul 18, 2016 13:01:19 GMT -5
When I had my Oscar, I only kept about an inch of gravel, because no matter how much I had in there she would constantly move it around any way. One time I had about 5" on on side of the tank, and nothing on the other--all her doing. After I had taken it down to an inch, she settled down to only making a "small" pit in it--when she wanted to lay eggs--otherwise it just got shifted around.
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Jul 18, 2016 13:09:40 GMT -5
Diet is huge. Health in general, but it starts with diet. I have the same fish, one I feed a premium diet (AAP Custom) and one just flake and the size girth is very different.
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