Cichlid Growth Rate

Mr Melt

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Allright lads!

I've been raising 2 baby HRP's for the past few months (bought them online). Naturally they were absolutely tiny at first, but now all of a sudden one has rocketed in size. Within the past fortnight it has literally doubled in size, whereas the other one hasn't visibly grown at all =/

The irony is that the smaller one was originally slightly larger, and consequently chased the "now bigger" one around the tank. Three guesses who chases who now =P

I'm a bit confused though; why has one grown so rapidly, while the other one has barely sprouted at all?

Here's the big one (taken last week and earlier):

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And here's the wee one (taken earlier):

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Its very hard to get good unblurred pics of moving fish, so I hope these are good enough. If not, I'll upload a video or something to better highlight the size comparisons =)
 
Just a question of which one gets more of the food I would think. Once my dempsy started grabbing an entire blood worm cube he gre much faster then the others :p
 
Thanks for the reply;

I've started keeping an eye on the wee one - shes eating plenty like =/
 

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