Given time the nile perch will almost certainly eat the bichir, probably not until it is about twice as big though. They will also eat ducks, and at least in one case, a small dog.
NILE PERCH
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I wouldn't say that for sure.
Mines are kept with small fishes that they could certainly eat, but they don't. Simply because I keep them well fed and their tankmates aren't viewed as food. However, if I try to introduce small fishes of the same size as the small tankmates, the perches will eat them.
It's almost as though they get to know their tankmates...
Mines are kept with small fishes that they could certainly eat, but they don't. Simply because I keep them well fed and their tankmates aren't viewed as food. However, if I try to introduce small fishes of the same size as the small tankmates, the perches will eat them.
It's almost as though they get to know their tankmates...
don't worry. the secret in getting a shy fish to become more sociable is to get the fishes to know the fact that your presence means food is coming.
that's the hardest part but once that's done, you're in good shape.
you have to remember that these are not cultured fishes from farms. they are wild and their natural instinct tells them to hide from large "predators".
when I first got my 3 niles, these will hide under the heater all day long and wouldn't eat anything but feeders.
but after I trained to them eat from my hand, they became as active as your average cichlid.
that's the hardest part but once that's done, you're in good shape.
you have to remember that these are not cultured fishes from farms. they are wild and their natural instinct tells them to hide from large "predators".
when I first got my 3 niles, these will hide under the heater all day long and wouldn't eat anything but feeders.
but after I trained to them eat from my hand, they became as active as your average cichlid.
yea...the nile will eat the bichir sooner or later......they get gigantic if u dun know
