Yes, he's starting to thicken. Off and on there's a no feed day. The thing is, I think it's just his genetics, tank size, and water changes. He doesn't even make the massive mounds of turds like he used to (it maxed out when he was around 8"). I know I wasn't crazy about vaccuming his miles and piles of poop! I've turned the powerheads to the surface where the flow meets the hob overflow and everything is hurled into the filters...so I don't even see turds now, (just filthy filters, lol).
I remember discussing Brick's growth in an earlier thread and some of the members chimed in that a lot could be contributed to water changes, tank size and the fact he was only with one other fish. Basically the 225 got turned over every week. There's recent pics in the "Tank Pics thread" showing how he looks now. I never power fed him at all really. He never got fat, always explored the whole tank and burned it off. An extremely active Oscar, even now. But since young O's need the most energy and protein I let that guide me, then eased back as he got bigger. But no amount of food affected his growth rate at all! It was the same rate until last month when I knew he'd have to slow down horizontally, and he did. Unless I see a definite 'burst' again I probably won't measure him again until he hits a foot. I had speculated he might have wild strain but I don't know for sure. The lfs store I go to gets wild baby Os and turns the inventory over each month.
