According to data put together by Harvard's Amitabh Chandra, which the New York Times published in raw form in 2006, it was the least common birth date for more than two decades in the late 20th century; September 16 comes in at the other end of the spectrum, as the most common date for babies to be born.
A Goldfish will grow quicker if you increase its metabolism slightly. This can be done by keeping the water at summer temperatures of around 65F to 70F. Goldfish kept at this higher temp will also need added space (2 gals per inch of fish), air bubbles and a really good filtration system.
yeah i am happy with 5-6 inches as long as the fish isn't thin and looks like it needs to grow a lot wider, as long as it has good body proportion to size im fine with that, but im happy to say that my goldfish who have shown no growth for the last 6 months have grown about half an inch longer in the last 2 weeks since i started feeding 4 times a day and also they have gone from being about half an inch wide to being an inch wide...but i think it could even be because they are females ...