Goldfish Growth Inhibitor...very Discouraging Options

[junkeatng]

Hi All,

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all those who are celebrating Chinese New Year.

I came across this very interesting article about goldfish growth and the factors affecting it.

It is a very 'scientific' article but from what I can derive (from my limited scientific mind), it indicates that goldfish tend to experience growth spurts at the beginning of spring after a cold spell. If that is indeed true, it could well mean that here in the tropics, we may never grow our goldfish to the sizes attainable in more temperate climates. Now isn't that discouraging???

Please comment...in particular Doc Goldrush who may be able to shed more light on this topic.

[bekko]

Yes, you are correct. If you look at the first 12 months, fish in the tropics are larger. The difference is less dramatic at the end of the second twelve months and the difference may disappear at the end of the third twelve months.

-steve

[clm2206]

What I got from the article was the spring showed the greatest growth rate.
So if one could trick his/her goldfish into thinking it's spring when ever he/she want's he/she
can grow a large fish very quickly.
Even in the tropics people still speak of growth spurts.

Finding a way to triger these spurts could be the key to growing fish large and quick.

Maybe cooling down the water temperature (fan or A/C) for 1 month and then warming up with heater?

This post has been edited by clm2206: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:00 pm