growth rate of synodontis eupterus?

[Bristlenose 94]

whats the growth rate of synodontis eupterus?

[MatsP]

It's hard to quantify growth rate because it depends on so many different things, but as synos go, S. eupterus do grow "fairly quickly". I'd expect a 2" specimen to reach at least 4-5" within a year or so.

Andywollo will probably be able to give better info.

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Mats

[andywoolloo]

Mine got big fast. Mine were babies at 2" and at a year they were as Mats says they were 5 inches I'd say, 4-5 "s .

It's been two years this winter and they are 5 - 6 inches now so it slows down. But they get there fast.

They grew up in a 75 gal tank tho, with 50% water change once a week. Solo occupants, till Rex (common pl*co) joined them last year. They eat defrosted frozen mostly and sinking pellets.

[Carp37]

My experience with a solitary presumed female is much the same- from 2.25" to just over 6" total length in the first year, but she's only grown another 1.5" in the next year and a half. They also go from being quite svelte juveniles to big and fat pretty quickly, and from being very shy (I christened mine "invisicat" because I only got fleeting glimpses of her in the first few months) to being extremely confident- she's not hid at all in the last 12 months.

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I'd agree with previous posts. I believe mine was a female and she was faster in growth than my other synodontis cats - schall and shoutedeni - which on the other hand was a bit bigger when I got them so I can't really compare them through out every age. Anyway the impression is that they grow rather quick.