Sun CatFish or eclpise cat fish

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chevymanballs
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Sun CatFish or eclpise cat fish

Post by chevymanballs »

Im trying to find out why my sun catfish ahs grow about 6 inches in about a year it has eaten 4 guppies 5 tiger barbs but most of the time it eats blood worms and alge wafers
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Post by MatsP »

I'm not clear what you're asking: The fish will grow to about 450mm - 18 inches standard length. 6 inches in a year is not unreasonable for a young fish.

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Post by chevymanballs »

no that what i wanted to know if it was normal for it to grow that fast because i bought to of them at the same time and the on is only about 2 1/2 inches
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MatsP
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Joined: 06 Oct 2004, 13:58
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My cats species list: 117 (i:33, k:0)
My aquaria list: 10 (i:8)
My BLogs: 4 (i:0, p:164)
Spotted: 187
Location 1: North of Cambridge
Location 2: England.

Post by MatsP »

I expect that they grow fairly quickly, yes.

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