Fish size

mike007 · Jan 17, 2014

do you think that fish grow to the size of tank or will they keep getting bigger and bigger?

Small triggers · Jan 17, 2014

They grown to near their average size in our aquariums...not all the time...and I'm sure it depends on species...

Reefing Madness · Jan 17, 2014

They did an experiment on this one time. They put a carp into a 10g tank, and had flow coming in from the front, so that it had constant current to swim. he grew, and filled the tank, with the correct parameters, he filled the tank. If fed correctly, the fish should grow to normal adult size, but grimmly enough, they don't do that in our systems.

eatbreakfast · Jan 17, 2014

Reefing Madness said:
They did an experiment on this one time. They put a carp into a 10g tank, and had flow coming in from the front, so that it had constant current to swim. he grew, and filled the tank, with the correct parameters, he filled the tank. If fed correctly, the fish should grow to normal adult size, but grimmly enough, they don't do that in our systems.

Jack Wattley did a similar experiment with discus and found it was poor water quality and not tank size that was the factor that limited the growth of fish.