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The yellow tang is not very big a about 5". My rabbit fish is about 6.5" as best I can measure. Neither stays still to measure. My Scopus is about 4 years in my care and has grown quicker than I expected initially. Growth has slowed and it is now about 4".That’s amazing. How big is your Yellow Tang and Rabbitfish? I really hope to have my fish for as long as you do.
Thank you. That is appreciated. Far from fully recovered due to numerous side effects. However, I am getting better every day now.Thanks and thanks. Appreciate your detailed reply. Sorry to hear that you fell sick. I hope you have made a full recovery and wish you health and safety.
I feel like this is the case with our vlaminigi tang. He seemed to grow very quickly up until he got about even with the Lt tang, and now his growth has slowed down. A friend got a vlaminigi shortly after ours but is in a tank with no one significantly larger and has already gotten bigger than ours.IME this is all over the board and based on many different variables.
5) Competition - It seems like fish grow to compete with their tankmates for food - if a small tang is with many large tangs it MAY grow faster to be able to compete
Fish age is not closely correlated to size, at least not in captivity. I’ve seen fish grow much larger or stay much smaller, than wild fish of the same age. Even color change from juvenile to adult can happen differently in captivity versus the wild.
One resource I use is www.fishbase.us for fish size. I generally figure that a given fish in captivity will grow about 70% of the maximum size they list .
Jay
These 2 I totally agree on since I've seen it happen personally.2) Dominance within the tank - I notice that less dominant fish tend to grow slower
5) Competition - It seems like fish grow to compete with their tankmates for food - if a small tang is with many large tangs it MAY grow faster to be able to compete