Discus growth rate?

[Kweenshaker]

How long, under ideal conditions, does it take a juvenile discus to reach full maturity?

[1977]

Should be pretty full grown by 8 or 9 months depending on the strain. Obviously they will continue to grow after that but at a much slower rate. I have a ss that is 3 years old and he continues to get larger.

[Kweenshaker]

ok, thanks.
i just want to get an idea because I need to find out how long I can get away with having 6 discus in a 40 gallon tank :)

[architect1]

you can get away with it for ever but as they get bigger you need to do more water changes as the bio load gets bigger and bigger.

[Ed13]

Should be pretty full grown by 8 or 9 months depending on the strain. Obviously they will continue to grow after that but at a much slower rate. I have a ss that is 3 years old and he continues to get larger.


I am curios if different strains also have different full grown sizes. Perhaps a generalization of various members of strain A VS strain B at xx months of the same feeding schedule and WC schedule.