New Nile Perch 5”

[The Deep]

My new Lates Niloticus , have him for 4 days now but still not eating , must I worry ?

 

[krichardson]

I wouldn't worry about it just yet.Which foods have you offered your Lates btw?

 

[The Deep]

I wouldn't worry about it just yet.Which foods have you offered your Lates btw?

Ive tried nightcrawlers, Maggots, small pieces of fish.

 

[krichardson]

Ive tried nightcrawlers, Maggots, small pieces of fish.

Okay,it should start to eat after a few more days of settling in.

 

[tlindsey]

My new Lates Niloticus , have him for 4 days now but still not eating , must I worry ?

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Nice pickup

 

[duanes]

 

[krichardson]

Nice pickup

Yeah,too bad we can't have them anymore.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

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Hey now, quit making me hungry lol. A fish that big, you could get allot of good meals out of.

 

[tlindsey]

Hey now, quit making me hungry lol. A fish that big, you could get allot of good meals out of.

That was my exact thought lol.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

That was my exact thought lol.

Lol ik it's supposed to be a major taboo for a fish keeper to eat the fish they keep but even still, you show me a fish this big and all my mind thinks about is "I wonder what he'd taste like all fried up on the pan".