Feeding Bichir

[ArowBichir]

When should i start feeding my Ornate The Hikari Massivore Delite?
Right now im feeding my Ornate Hikari LionHead Sinkin pellet
My ornate is around 7 or 8"

[flamenco-t]

Anytime..pellets should me their main diet. Frozen can be a treat ;)

stan

[MsMassPoly]

why pellets as a main diet?I would think fresh things would be better.I hardly ever feed my polys any pellets,They get massivoire one a week but most of the time they eat chopped shrimp,red worms,night crawlers,scallops,mussels,chopped white fish,frogs,and crickets.I mix all those ingredients together and freeze in ice cube trays:}

[MsMassPoly]

that explains my 12 inch plus sen in my avatar.

[dbcb314]

picture of 12+ inch sen please. thats is monster. When there was a thread asking about 12 inch sens, no one posted a picture (as far as I remember)

but I agree with MsMP... real food is my staple (live black worms, shrimp, or blood worms), pellets are my "im too lazy to get food out of the fridge" food.

[ArowBichir]

I know what to feed my bichir Im just asking when can i start feeding him Hikari Massivore Delite

[Horiyoshi III]

why pellets as a main diet?I would think fresh things would be better.I hardly ever feed my polys any pellets,They get massivoire one a week but most of the time they eat chopped shrimp,red worms,night crawlers,scallops,mussels,chopped white fish,frogs,and crickets.I mix all those ingredients together and freeze in ice cube trays:}Mad dough that cost though.

Dude, you can give them those massivore at ANY size.
Just break them apart.................................

[ArowBichir]

without breaking them apart

[N.C.]

mine wont eat pellets he only wants blood worms, ive tried beef heart, shrimp and live ghost shrimp he wont touch those but if i drop in some blood worms hes all over it. what else should i try hes a 4 inch ob

[squirt2005]

I'd think 10 or 12". For now you could use sinking carnivore until then, pretty much same ingredients just smaller.

[ArowBichir]

mine wont eat pellets he only wants blood worms, ive tried beef heart, shrimp and live ghost shrimp he wont touch those but if i drop in some blood worms hes all over it. what else should i try hes a 4 inch ob

Strave for a bit then try again my eats anything i throw in the tank. Only thing he doesn;t eat is fish

[Cohazard]

I agree with squirt, feeding whole massivore should wait till they're hit the 10" mark at least, 12" being better.

Honestly, massivore is just so freaking expensive, I don't think it's worth it unless you buy it in bulk. Hopefully they make the price of it more reasonable soon.

I feed cichlid gold sinking to my polys, and my delhezi is thick, and yet not obese. My fish keep good healthy form and great appetites on cichlid gold, and it's the perfect size for the group of ropefish too :)

Your ornates too big for hikari lionhead, I would only feed that stuff to baby bichirs. Bump him up to at least sinking cichlid gold.

[Austin]

where do you get sinking cichlid gold? just soak it and smash it a bit? :D I have a horrible food selection around here.

[Cohazard]

Well if you can't find it at any of your LFS's, then ordering online is your go to source.

JohnPTC has some from time to time afaik.

I just toss some in, and the bichirs seem to have learned that they need to let it sit for a while. Some will get impatient and attack the pellets right away, and they seem to do okay with it after a certain size.

I have a clip on youtube of some 10-12" bichirs I had grubbing on sinking cichlid gold, look for 'cohazards polypterus' you'll find it.

[Austin]

nah my lfs' have the exact same food as petsmart, just marked up. sucks.

[Tifftastic]

Huh my petsmart just started carrying the sinking gold about a week or two ago. You should check back in.

[Austin]

hmmm, haven't been in a couple weeks. I'll do that in the morning on the way to the airport.....gotta love new fishes!!!

[ArowBichir]

I agree with squirt, feeding whole massivore should wait till they're hit the 10" mark at least, 12" being better.

Honestly, massivore is just so freaking expensive, I don't think it's worth it unless you buy it in bulk. Hopefully they make the price of it more reasonable soon.

I feed cichlid gold sinking to my polys, and my delhezi is thick, and yet not obese. My fish keep good healthy form and great appetites on cichlid gold, and it's the perfect size for the group of ropefish too :)

Your ornates too big for hikari lionhead, I would only feed that stuff to baby bichirs. Bump him up to at least sinking cichlid gold.

Im friends with owners of 2 lfs they would give me discounts =P