Progession of My Fish! (Major Load Warning!)

I was going through some pics of my babies today and decided to get some new pics. It is amazing how much different they look now! I have some baby pics of them from when I JUST got them. The pics are really bad though.

First: pics of when I just got my bowfin in the beginning of July.



A bit older


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This was when there were letters written on his side hahaha!


Chad



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When I put them into the 55 gallon maybe 1.5 months ago....
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Latest pic
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Wow that is alot of pictures hahahaha. Well I will just post these for now and work on the bass next. I will try and keep that one shorter.

Chad

Here is the bass....

First day of having him...
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Older...

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When he was put into the 55 gallon....


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The newest picture I have of him. He is approximatly 4-4.5" now...Maybe more



Next is the pickerel which will be really short.

Chad

Pickerel has actually grown about a half inch maybe more since I have had him. I have had him for maybe 2 months now. MAYBE....



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Chad

From today




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Next are just a couple pics of my new dollars

Chad

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I am done now! I might have went a BIT crazy but I really wanted to see how my fish have progressed. I didn't know how else to do it so I made a thread here. Thanks for letting me share.

Chad

great picts

how big a tank (min) to keep a bowfin for life?

For life I don't think I would go anything under 72"x30" (240 gallon I think). That is still pretty small. They get to be monsters! I might be making a 8'x8' pond in my basement for him this spring. IDK if this is true about all (all that I have seen) but they seem to be really skiddish and jumpy. MAX size for males is still like 24"-30" I think. Sorry that this isn't very solid info but I have seen anywhere from 48" to 10". Pretty sure males only get about 24" though.

Chad