i bought 3 a month and a half ago really small and there getting really big really fast. growth rate to match my sveni pike that spent a month in my pond with gobs to eat kind of fast. thats the whole story exept that they eat and eat and eat and eat and chase everything smaller than them, well bigger too. does my story sound kind of common? then theres the big one i got yesterday, he's lazy and lets goldfish swim around him like theres no big deal and no reason to kill them. wierd huh usually they dont need a reason sight is reason enough. one last thought, i think i read something somewhere that said that a barred midas would have to be either wild caught or first gen tank bred or it wouldnt have bars anymore? right or b.s.?