someone help

Is it true that fish will grow to the size of the tank.
Like if the tank is small will the fish stay small?

 

I don't think it works that way with marine fish.

 

i would think that yes it will keep fish "smaller" than they would be in a proper sized tank. but would continue to grow. but the downfall with this is the fish will probably have a shorter life span because the fish couldnt grow at its normal pace. . i could be totally wrong here , but in my case its an uneducated guess. just trying to help

 

nope..sure dont.
....I have a hippo tang that is/has outgrown my 55....I learned after the fact that this species requires a much larger habitat...now I gotta trap her....LFS will give me 60.00 credit. cool......but its gonna be a fight get'n her out of there! : ) lol
btw..she is becoming quite a BULLY !!.. and eats like a PIG.
LG

 

The only fish I know of that this is true, is the gold fish family. The secrete a hormone into the water, the bigger they get and the more of them, the hormone levels rise. Once it hits a certain level they stop growing and breeding.

 

oh ok
i wanted to get a dwarf lionfish and a few other fish so i was just wondering
thanks everyone