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why is my angelfish not growing2007-11-24 23:43:20

ive had it for about 3 months. its only about an inch and a half. its been the same size since i bought it. i even mix ultra grow vx with its food. but it just will not grow. can anyone help?

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The emperor angel is a saltwater fish, isn't it? Are you sure that's what it is? I have kept angels off and on for 26 years and have not heard of a freshwater emperor angelfish.

If it is a freshwater angel, then the reason it is not growing is you are not doing regular (weekly) partial (25-30%) water changes. The tank size has nothing to do with it, the regular water changes have everything to do with it.

If you ARE doing regular water changes, it may be stunted due to not being fed properly when it was a baby or water changes were not done as it matured. There is no such thing as a dwarf angelfish.unless the growth was stunted by water conditions or not feeding properly.

You can increase its size somewhat even if it is stunted, but it will never attain full adult size.

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I've heard the size of the tank matters, you may need to upgrade to a larger size.

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It may have a growth defect.

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Put it in a larger aquarium.

Fish grow according to their living space.

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u need to get a bigger aquarium..they need lots of room, also do research and c what kind of treats they like to eat other than food like some fish enjoy cut zuccin rubberbanded to a rock so it doesnt float..just keep it healthy and it will grow but if tank too small they will not be healthy

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hey i used to have angelfish so i know what ur going thru. i have a 50 gallon tank and had a month old one. some grow fast (depends on the tank size), some grow slow.sometimes cuz of the water or something. or it could be sick or something. the month old one i had took a loooonnnnngggg time to well it seemed like it was long.but it takes time.

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The larger aquarium thing is just a myth you may need a larger aquarium because they need alot of space but that would not effect growth. what type of angel is it, if it is a dwarf then that might be the max size but if it is an emporer you may have a problem lemmie know what it is and ill help yea out

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I've had an angel in a 55gal for about 7 months and it has doubled in size. I have about 22 fish in there.various community..the angel gets along fine with the rest. I feed it flake, freeze dried tubiflex worms and the color rich granular formula. It loves the tubiflex worms.

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you need a large tank that mostly is vertical