Given the discussions that frequently appear in this forum about catfishes that grow too large, I thought it might be instructive to give people an idea of growth rates of large pimelodids, utilizing information from a recent publication.
The source is:
Penha, JMF, LAF Mateus & G Barbieri, 2004. Age and growth of the duckbill catfish (Sorubim cf. lima) in the Pantanal. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 64: 125-134.
This species reaches 26 cm FL (fork length) after the first year, 35 cm FL after the second and 45 cm FL after the fifth.
Growth rate of Sorubim
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Is that the captive sizes or wild sizes? I have three S.lima and the sizes are almost exactly right for the first two years with my eldest one being close to 14" after around 2 years and the one i added a year later being around 10" and the smallest which was added just 6 months ago is around 6". However ive not ever seen a S.lima which has grown larger than 14" and most seem to top out at around a foot, i would love to see my shovelnoses grow to 18" plus but it just doesnt seem likely really.
Their tank is 66"Lx30"Wx24"H (205 US gallons) and is filtered with 3 eheim classic 2217's, the tank is shared by a few other medium/large fish.
Their tank is 66"Lx30"Wx24"H (205 US gallons) and is filtered with 3 eheim classic 2217's, the tank is shared by a few other medium/large fish.
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