View Full Version : live food for buttikoferi
large_cichlids
08-25-2006, 2:26 PM
what kind of live food besides worms could a 7 inch butti eat.I was thinking small crawdads but i want to see what u guys think.I tried snails but he just bites the shell and pushes it across the tank back and forth.should i have to crush the shell.
islander671
08-25-2006, 6:07 PM
ive fed mine live crawdads. snails as well, it took him awhile to figure out how to eat the snails though. oh and for a small snack i fed him triops.
large_cichlids
08-26-2006, 9:00 AM
what size crawdads should i get
islander671
08-26-2006, 6:09 PM
what size crawdads should i get
ive never given anything larger than the fish itself. i think i have a vid on here somewhere. lemme check.
islander671
08-26-2006, 6:15 PM
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8747
butti was only about 5-6 inches at the time. was mad that i happened to turn the camera shortly before he actually killed them. basically he came up from behind them and turned them over.
large_cichlids
08-26-2006, 8:23 PM
wow nice vid.what size tank was it in
islander671
08-27-2006, 7:03 AM
wow nice vid.what size tank was it in
Thanks. at that time he was solo in a 55g. once he got to about 8 inches i commed him in my 220.