Fish size

[mike007]

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

 

[Small triggers]

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

 

[Reefing Madness]

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]

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.