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David-P · 07-30-2007, 09:24 AM

So right now i have a 10 gallon tank and am thinking about picking up a cichlid. I know most of you probablly just cringed and covered your little fisshies ears when i said "cichlid in a 10 gallon". However, i would like to upgrade to a larger tank sometime in the future probably a 27 gallon. If i buy the smallest possible cichlid i can won't he be comfortable in a 10 gallion at first. then as he grows it will be aproaching time for me to get a larger tank.

so what i am wondering is, how fast do most cichlids grow. i mean will they go from under 2 inches long to 6 in 3 months, 6 months, or 9?

07-30-2007, 09:24 AM	#1
David-P Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 57	growth rate So right now i have a 10 gallon tank and am thinking about picking up a cichlid. I know most of you probablly just cringed and covered your little fisshies ears when i said "cichlid in a 10 gallon". However, i would like to upgrade to a larger tank sometime in the future probably a 27 gallon. If i buy the smallest possible cichlid i can won't he be comfortable in a 10 gallion at first. then as he grows it will be aproaching time for me to get a larger tank. so what i am wondering is, how fast do most cichlids grow. i mean will they go from under 2 inches long to 6 in 3 months, 6 months, or 9?