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Magnus_Bane

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?...u know when i clean the front window i make sure to take note where he is at a few times. He usually behaves himself but u never know with a fish that sizs. I feed him a handful of 2"x .5" chuncks of tilapia. Can easily take down 8 to 10 pieces at a feeding but thats every other day tho..
Yeah but atleast you know he'd still love ya even with a few less fingers lol. Yeah I don't think I could afford to feed a fish that big that often, atleast not till spring comes and I can go fishing again lol.
 
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Yeah but atleast you know he'd still love ya even with a few less fingers lol. Yeah I don't think I could afford to feed a fish that big that often, atleast not till spring comes and I can go fishing again lol.
I don't spend that much..i get x2 3lb bags of tilapia filets from sams and some pellets..with thw occasional super worms that this guy goes nuts for!
 

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I don't spend that much..i get x2 3lb bags of tilapia filets from sams and some pellets..with thw occasional super worms that this guy goes nuts for!
Really?! He eats superworms? Wow I would have thought those would be way too small for him to even care about let alone go nuts over em.
 
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Really?! He eats superworms? Wow I would have thought those would be way too small for him to even care about let alone go nuts over em.
He's been eating them for a few yrs now. I get like 100 to 150 of them and leave them with oatmeal and carrots for a few days and them toss some in at a time. Him and the aro go for them and the rays grab a few as well.
 
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He's been eating them for a few yrs now. I get like 100 to 150 of them and leave them with oatmeal and carrots for a few days and them toss some in at a time. Him and the aro go for them and the rays grab a few as well.
Makes sense the rays and aro would eat them but I would've figured the tiger would want allot meatier foods. Lol if I had a tiger is be feeding him allot of green sunfish, bluegill, and plenty of bullheads.
 
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Makes sense the rays and aro would eat them but I would've figured the tiger would want allot meatier foods. Lol if I had a tiger is be feeding him allot of green sunfish, bluegill, and plenty of bullheads.
I dont feed any live fish to my guys. Bugs don't carry any contaminants that could harm the fish. But with that being said i feed them the SW sparingly so they dont get any digestive issues like a prolapse anus....ill feed them maybe 2 to 3x a week if that and once they are done I'll wait a week or so before feeding them again...
 
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I dont feed any live fish to my guys. Bugs don't carry any contaminants that could harm the fish. But with that being said i feed them the SW sparingly so they dont get any digestive issues like a prolapse anus....ill feed them maybe 2 to 3x a week if that and once they are done I'll wait a week or so before feeding them again...
Well I wasn't exactly saying live fish just more or less what I can catch by the dozens, quarantine, kill and freeze. Honestly thinking about it now it would probably cost as much as just buying fillets.
 
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