My Gulper 8" ate my 5" Pearsie

[cacichilds]

Title says it all, but now 2 days after eating it, my Gulper is not swimming so well. I know they can eat extremely large prey, but, of course I never wanted/thought he would swallow such a tall bodied cicihlid. The entire reason I had the pearsie in his tank, was that he was a big enough and gentle enough fish to "work"... FML... Any ideas how to ease this process possibly? I have see gulpers eat like peacock bass almost their own length but I fear the roundness of the Pearsie is causing him some issues. Sigh, any thoughts folks?

 

[Hansonc]

Oh my god!!! I know nothing about your issue but I cannot believe he got that down!


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[klmt]

gulpers never cease to amaze me. I think that with such a large meal it is just going to take him a while to work his way through it. 'm sure all will be fine within a week. Gulpers are made to eat big meals and yours ate a big damn meal, itll live on to eat another day.

 

[cacichilds]

I hope, I really enjoyed him over the past few months. He is like hanging under his giant log now.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I am rather positive he will be fine. This is almost a norm for them.

@ Hansonc: you probably have not seen this: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...782-amazing-gulper-cat-video&highlight=gulper ... and might wanna browse through these: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2323850

 

[rwellbaum]

he has a nice big belly now

 

[Hansonc]

I am rather positive he will be fine. This is almost a norm for them.

@ Hansonc: you probably have not seen this: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...782-amazing-gulper-cat-video&highlight=gulper ... and might wanna browse through these: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2323850

Yes you are right, I have never seen anything about these guys!! Would I be okay with putting a 5-7" one in with my 15" rtc? Lol they're so cool!


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[kevinfleming21]

Ha, yeah they will even try and eat each other. Cannot trust a gulper!

 

[MonsterMinis]

so ugly... so cute.... ide watch out for the ammonia to spike on that kinda meal.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Yes you are right, I have never seen anything about these guys!! Would I be okay with putting a 5-7" one in with my 15" rtc? Lol they're so cool!

Then RTC may eat it, for sure in a small tank, less sure in a large pond but such a small gulper in a big pond is a moot point. If a fish fits in an RTC's mouth, it will eat it... in a small tank for sure. Simple.