Elopichthys Bambusa - Yellow Cheek Carp

[xenacanth9]

I get more and more jealous each day

 

[kendragon]

 

[kendragon]

Water temp is pretty cold. They are still active and eating. Pounding pellets this morning.

 

[kendragon]

 

[Chub_by]

Water temp is pretty cold. They are still active and eating. Pounding pellets this morning.

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How much would you say you're feeding compared to the height of summer?

 

[kendragon]

How much would you say you're feeding compared to the height of summer?

Summer time I was feeding pellets and frozen fish every day. Two pounds per week. Now, frozen fish once a week with pellets every other day.
What I read was that they will stop eating during cold weather. I guess SoCal is not considered cold.

 

[Chub_by]

Summer time I was feeding pellets and frozen fish every day. Two pounds per week. Now, frozen fish once a week with pellets every other day.
What I read was that they will stop eating during cold weather. I guess SoCal is not considered cold.

Their (original) range in China is said to be quite huge and includes places much colder than SoCal. I wonder where the farms are that Wes will have got them from, I'd assume somewhere pretty far south.

 

[kendragon]

It's December and getting colder. Fish still eating.

 

[fugupuff]

wow, incredible!!!! what are you going to do when they get around 5 feet

 

[xuxun7983]

I think that's too cold.


Thanks

Yellowcheek is very hardy w.r.t. temperature. They survive very well in Amur river where temp can dip to -30 degrees C.