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	Electric yellow growth rate
Michelo_69 Fingerling Posts: 35 Registered: 28-Mar-2007	how long will it take a electric yellow to grow to 5" ive got 2 1 1/2"s and i feed them bloodworms every night and cichlid staple every morning and they are in a 55 gal with 2 electric blues Cheers
Posted 28-Sep-2007 06:29
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	You better feed them more Veggie foods, than bloodworms. Some say they might get bloated with lots of rich foods like bloodworms. Try to feed them Spirulina based foods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 02-Oct-2007 22:54
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	I'd stop feeding them bloodworms and introduce more spirulina as jason said. Though electric yellows are said to be omnivorous and can handle a higher protein content, basic fish flakes or pellets has all the protein they really need (look at the ingredients, fish and shrimp meal are usually at the top of that list). Cut out the bloodworms before they get bloat . Growth rates (as you've probably heard before) are impacted on a wide range of parameters. Given that those requirements are met, they'd probably be 5" within 6-9 months.
Posted 11-Oct-2007 03:24


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