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There is no growth rate database that I know of. It's all anecdotal.
Key issue is people have different feeding schedule, prey type, prey size, variety of prey, prey nutritional value, temperature, etc. All these factors affect the growth rate of the T, and then there's specimen variability on top. So it's very hard to get any scientific about it.

[QUOTE="testdasi, post: 173617, member: 32655"] There is no growth rate database that I know of. It's all anecdotal. Key issue is people have different feeding schedule, prey type, prey size, variety of prey, prey nutritional value, temperature, etc. All these factors affect the growth rate of the T, and then there's specimen variability on top. So it's very hard to get any scientific about it. [/QUOTE]

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