Tiger barb with rapid growth

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nimbus46

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My tiger barb two weeks ago was about 1/2" in size. Two weeks later he was 3x his size. I'm not talking about bloat, I'm saying physical size. He morphed into the incredible hulk in two weeks! Unfortunately, he passed just a couple days ago. I was wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this. All my other "kids" seem to be doing great. Any suggestions?
 
My ex wife did that. Unfortunately shes still with us :roll: Ok now that one was off color...sheesh. Im gonna get myself in trouble here yet. :twisted:

That sounds interesting...Ive never heard of a fish growing quite thatrapidly. I wonder if it had some genetic flaw?
 
Ya know that is the only thing that makes sense...I'm so nervous about buying these guys when they sell them is mass quantities in the chain stores.
 
[center:226317cea9] :smilecolros: Welcome to AA, nimbus46! :n00b: [/center:226317cea9]

Quick growth and quick death are definite red flags of something. I have never dealt with anything like that, but that's not right for any animal. Are the other fish maturing normally?
 
Yes all the others are in good condition, especially the tigers. They are their normal active selves. I tried doing some research on the web and got zip. All my water levels are normal and within range, so I totally agree with you on the red flag. From just conversations with others it seems maybe he was already sick when I got him. He was very young so I really didn't see any deformities at that time. I will say that when I first got the tigers I originally got 5, but I didn't notice that one didn't have an eye until I got home, that little guy is in a foster home because I didn't want the others to pick on him.


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Yeah my tiger barb grew really quicky too!

I bought 3 to start with 1 of each type. The striped one was double the size of the others in about 2 weeks.

They were all about an inch big and the other 2 had only grew a little. I felt sorry for them cus this striped one was their size and the bullying was rather varied but when he grew he soon chased them with no chasing back.

Now i have 2 stripey's and the slightly smaller one chases my original one! i dont understand that. My original one has been nipped quite a lot by this newcomer and no i feel sorry for my original one.
 
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