How often to feed a wolf fish?

[rumblesushi]

OK my wolf is pushing 7 inches, I think it's a mac. How often should I be feeding him?

So far I have fed him pretty much everyday. He didn't like river shrimp but he's eaten raw tuna steak (fresh), pig liver, a 4 inch catfish, and a blind cave fish.

I think I might be over feeding him, I'm not sure what's a healthy amount to give him.

A small chunk of meat or fish every day? Or a bigger amount every 2 days or what?

Cheers,
JR

[smltwnzer0]

Predatory fish dont need to be fed everyday... maybe once in two days? Just make sure it's a mouthful.

In the wild these predators aren't constantly successful in their "captures" BUT at the same time:

it's good to feed it a little bit here and there... 2 small meals in one day is great for it's metabolism.

Whatever you decide is fine.

chris

[BGG]

Do you think that it's a mac (Hoplias macrophthalmus) or a mal (H. malabaricus)? Big difference between them, macs are VERY rare, and mals are pretty common, depending on the area that it's from. Pics? Anyway, it's not really relevant to the question, LOL... so sorry about the derailment. I would feed it a good mouthful every two days. :)

[rumblesushi]

thanks for the info, some say it's a mal, some say it's a mac, here's a photo...

I'm surprised by how non aggressive this fish is.

He looks healthy, and he eats everyday, he eats basically anything I put in there but he certainly doesn't seem like a voracious predator.

When I put feeder fish in he usually ignores them until night time, often eating them when I'm not in the room.

He's also in the tank with a bichir and a hujeta and he never troubles them at all, he's simply not an aggressive fish.

From what people were telling me wolf fish are one of the most aggressive fish out there, more so than snakeheads etc, but my old red snakehead was 100x more aggressive than this.

[guppy]

feed them to what?

[Oscar guy]

Well i have a small 5 inch wolf and i feed him basicly everything to beef harts fruits vegies and whole grain. like every two weeks he grows maby a half an inch to a inch im not saying to feed him all these things im saying if you feed wolf fish alot they will grow. alot of protine is good for a wolf. Food=protine=+wolf fish= happy wolf fish

[BGG]

He actually does sort of look like a mac to me, LOL... but they're just now showing up in the US and I havn't heard of them being in the UK yet, so I'm sort of tempted to say it's a darker morph of a mal... how much was he (If he's a mac he'd probably be around 100 GBP and if he's a mac he'd be quite a bit cheaper)? Either way, great looking wolf!

[rumblesushi]

thanks, I think it's confirmed now he is a brazilian mal, not a mac. Too bad, but he's still a lovely looking fish. And at least he's not gonna grow to 3 foot :)

[Freshy]

hi,
what's the growth rate for wolf fish?

i have a red fin wolf...

feed on prawn, live shrimp n feeder molly..

however... it doesn't seem to grow long... only grew fatter.. :grinyes:

n also.the redness isn't out..

pls advise..

[BGG]

thanks, I think it's confirmed now he is a brazilian mal, not a mac. Too bad, but he's still a lovely looking fish. And at least he's not gonna grow to 3 foot :)
Yeah, mals are still really cool... and truth be told I like some of the local variants of them better than macs. :D

[BGG]

hi,
what's the growth rate for wolf fish?

i have a red fin wolf...

feed on prawn, live shrimp n feeder molly..

however... it doesn't seem to grow long... only grew fatter.. :grinyes:

n also.the redness isn't out..

pls advise..
Any Hoplias species that I've had grew about an inch every couple of months... but, reds are Erythrinus species (E. erythrinus) and only grow to about 7". :)

[JorgeRemigio]

Could You post more pics please?

thank You

Regards

[wenjun]

yes..a pics would be nice.

[Freshy]

Any Hoplias species that I've had grew about an inch every couple of months... but, reds are Erythrinus species (E. erythrinus) and only grow to about 7". :)

Hi,

thanks for ur reply!

will update with pic soon.. :)

[bigmikedogg7]

my fifth post

[bigmikedogg7]

I have a 5 inch wolf as well, but I am concerned it isnt eating. Will they only eat when Im not around or when its night time? I put some goldfish in with it but its in a tank with a 12 inch florida gar, 6 inch dempsey and 6 inch gold flake pike who all devour the goldfish, so i dont know if he ate or not...should I be concerned?

[Just1nK4ng]

starve it for couple of days then try

[sen_jie]

i used to feed my red fin wolf everyday :p
market prawn on weekdays, and feeder red fish or shrimps on weekend