this was a public aquarium sized tankI've never seen one larger then 2 feet in a fish store or someones aquarium.. but I'm sure you can get them to grow to 3 feet if you have a big enough tank... mine have grown maybe 3'' in the year I've had them.. thats 1/3 that I have.. the other 2 have grown maybe an inch or inch and a half... feeding and water quality will determine how fast they grow.