Holy Shark-Bites Batman....=0 This sounds like the theory I heard years
ago that alot of tropical fish will 'grow in scale' to their environment.

I'm not sure he is saying that for a fact. I used to believe in that
but maybe there is a slight tank-size effect in that if a fish isn't
eating and thriving because it is not happy in its environment, then it
will tend not to grow as fast.

But anyway both my Pleco and Rainbow Shark have grown to about 6 inches
and 4 inches, respectively (and both with large girth) in less that 5
months. They started out an inch or less in length. That is in a 20
gallon tank, and the shark getting big did at least correlate with his
taste for Neon Tetras.

I'll probably trade my Pleco in for a Bristlenose when he gets too big
for the tank.

Cheers,

Trev

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