They taste the same, but grow slower and don't get quite as big. They get to around 1.25 punds in a year, but the males and females reach the same size as long as the females are not given a chance to breed. This means keeping them in cages with the bottom of the cage off the bottom of the tank.

They are as easy, if not easier to raise. The big advantage for a home grower is that it is child's play to breed them.