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Re: Are larger fish slower than smaller ones of the same species? swarvegorilla 04-15-2006
Posted by swarvegorilla on April 15, 2006, 10:56 pm
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Big fishes are faster most of the time......
ALthough all the mbuna fry in me rocks would have ya thing elsewise



> Hi,
>
> just wondering... would a 10cm long oscar be a faster or slower swimmer
> than a 5cm long oscar? You can probably guess why I'm asking...
>
> I would have thought a smaller fish would be a faster swimmer than a
> larger one, but then the larger one has more power. And it seems as
> though my larger oscar can still catch up to the small one in order to
> take a nip of his tail occasionally. Might head off to BigW to buy
> another hiding place for the little one...
>



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