[Rice]

How hot should the water be? How often should I feed them? How often should I change their water to compensate for more food?

 

[Rice]

Also, what age should They be when I do my first water change and how much should I change? It seems hard not to accidentally kill or suck up fry that are too young and tiny

 

[indjo]

To power grow fry you need to provide space and food - as big a space as possible Or constant drip flowing water. IMO, most important is constant nibbling on foods. You can achieve 10mm/month.

Keep in mind if you power grow body, fins will not develop to their maximum. I don't know why body and fins do not develop equally. Some locals believe that odd months develop more body while even months fins. Personally, doesn't make any difference.

I find best temperature is around 82.4 - 84.2C (82.4 - 84.2 F).
Three meals a day should be enough.

Some water change about 1g weekly for a 10g tank. Only siphon out water when fry is still too small. You could attach an airstone to your tube or place a fine mesh net on water surface and siphon inside of net. . . . . You need to be creative and use what ever works for you. Once fry is able to evade suction, then you could siphon out wastes.

Personally I don't change water during the first month or two, especially for bigger tubs. Keep in mind that mine are outside and heavily planted with lots of pest snails.

 

[Rice]

To power grow fry you need to provide space and food - as big a space as possible Or constant drip flowing water. IMO, most important is constant nibbling on foods. You can achieve 10mm/month.

Keep in mind if you power grow body, fins will not develop to their maximum. I don't know why body and fins do not develop equally. Some locals believe that odd months develop more body while even months fins. Personally, doesn't make any difference.

I find best temperature is around 82.4 - 84.2C (82.4 - 84.2 F).
Three meals a day should be enough.

Some water change about 1g weekly for a 10g tank. Only siphon out water when fry is still too small. You could attach an airstone to your tube or place a fine mesh net on water surface and siphon inside of net. . . . . You need to be creative and use what ever works for you. Once fry is able to evade suction, then you could siphon out wastes.

Personally I don't change water during the first month or two, especially for bigger tubs. Keep in mind that mine are outside and heavily planted with lots of pest snails.

Alright thanks! You said that power growing their bodies won’t grow their fins to their maximum, does this mean that they will never get gins as big as they would have been, or that it just takes a little longer for their fins to reach full size? Also what should the water ph be if that has an effect on their growth rate?

 

[indjo]

To my knowledge, they will never develop to maximum (long fins/HMs) - at least mine and 1 friend. This is not apparent with Short fins/PKs.
I don't know of other people's experiences

 

[Sbirtell]

I never understood why would anyone want to power grow an animal? It’s harmful to the animal and shortens their life span. I see people do it with exotics all the time and it’s a shame.