Large freshwater aquarium fishes that grows fast ?

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benn371

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Hi
I already have a 112 gallon community mildly planted tank right now which still under work once completed I'll post some pics soon, but I'm planning to get a bigger tank to house something big fish which grows faster I know there are Red Tail Catfish, Oscars, Gauramis, So please tell someother fishes which grows around 10'-12' Inches or more? don't worry I'll get the tank as required once you suggest me some fishes..

Thank you..
 
The only problem is that your mid planted aquarium will suffer from the fish bumps... Gouramis eat plants, Oscars do just do their thing with plants, destroy them without any reason, I'm just being a fish...
 
Warborg said:
Niger cats can grow fast. Can get up 36+ inches
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They certainly grow big, but not fast by any means. I would even say they are slow growers.
 
Maybe I'm reading this differently, but it sounds like the 112 gallon planted tank is done, and a new 'big fish' tank is being planned.

That being said, most of the fast growing fish will outgrow most standard aquariums. Pacu, redtail cats, tiger shovel nose, giant gourami, silver arowana etc...
 
w/ Matt... idk what everyone else read.. But there are TONS of fish that get 12"+ their first year many that will get 24"+ and a good handful that can hit 36"+ in 2yrs.... RTC's are one of the most well known giants.. but there are plenty of other fish that grow as big or bigger in the same time frame.... The biggest imo/ime being Alligator Gar, and Pimas.

Choose how big your tank/pond/pool ect first.. then get fish that fit/compatable in it. Vice versa and you end up w/ dead fish, having to rehome them due to space, or frazzled all the time trying to play keep up with their growth ect ( like I'm doing, which in hind-sight not as fun or easy as we thought)

Or choose the 1 fish you have to have.. and get a set-up that bigger then you think it will need and find compatable tank-mates if you want.

You talking about getting something in the 300 gallon range or 3k gallon range?...
 
Owens said:
They certainly grow big, but not fast by any means. I would even say they are slow growers.
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Then you did it wrong. I got one at 3 inches, and 18 months later it was 23 inches when I got rid of it. That's just over an inch a month. I had a friend that got one from the same batch and his always stayed 1 or 2 inches bigger then mine.

Actually, I did add 'can' to my original sentence because I remember hearing someone here saying theirs grew slow.
 
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