Interesting. I removed the adults (guppies), left the fry in a 2is gallon Marina (hagen jobbie) with the filter still in place, do a w/c about once a week, and they appear to have grown considerably. I found another baby with a couple of females (one had been exposed) and in comparison, it's maybe 1/4" whereas they're approaching the 1" mark. This has been since... the middle of August anyway. I did notice a young male that I deliberately left with a young female did not grow much until I removed her and put him in with a bunch of adult males.
I did notice a growth spurt after I fed them a piece of algae wafer. Almost overnight in fact. Maybe too much protein in the fry food?
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