Just got five of these Leporinus - not sure if they are - Granti or Sp Strawberry, about one and a half inches long. Currently in with the small loach partition.
Hopefully I can grow them out and transfer them to a larger tank.
Anyone had any experience with them? Do they get big quickly?
Nice fish - I haven’t had these guys but if they’re anything like fasciatus I’d expect about an inch per month - maybe a bit slower since they max out smaller.
Yes, pretty much. And that is one of the reasons I got them.
I would not keep them with anything too small though. They can, and do munch their way though whole ghost shrimp occasionally, so I sure they could do the same with a small fish.
I have had them best part of a year now, and they are not really growing any more. They look good, work in a community, but they are not so big and impressive.
Maybe it takes a few years to get to size, or is that all I get? Definitely nothing as extreme as Fasciatus. I have got three of them in a different tank, and they have tripled in size in just three months.