Re: factors relating to growth

[gomberg@wcf.com]

On 09/29/97 at 04:59 p, Randy or Deb Carey <carey@spacestar.net>
said:

> doubling length probably quadruples body mass.

Actually, eight times.

And I believe that most cichlid parents feed the fry actively.  By
that I mean that the custodial parent(s) do one or more of the
following:  (1)  Go get big food and chew it up and spit out the
fine stuff for the fry  (2) Stir up the gravel to help the fry find
bacteria, protozoa, small inverts, etc.  (3)  Make slime or ... for
the fry and who knows what else.  That is why I believe that fry
grow faster when left with a parent.

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