Aba Aba Knife!

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They really are so cute when they are babies.. But I hope he/she turns into the holy terror they are reputted to be. thats if this lil' guy makes it... Fingers are still crossed. saw him nipping at some of the guppies today so I'm hoping thats a good sign. I just hope he won't out-grow a 75 in the next 12 months.

Yeah they get very respectable sized, and from what I've seen/heard don't do well in anything but species tanks ( granted their are a few here w/ them in aggressive community tanks. But it's not the norm, or recomended w/out using extreme caution.)
 
Nice pick up, does he still have his egg sack? i also lost my ABA about a month ago to my endi. I have been looking for one since than and had no luck as yet. About the growth rate with the right food/feeders and water changes mine double in size in about a month
 
No egg sac.. personally I avoid buying fish still with egg sacs. So far the lil' guy seems to be doing great. Most the day he hangs out in the floating plants, and at dusk he cruises all around the tank like speedy gonzales. I haven't actually seen him eat anything, but he deffinately nips at the guppies. and the babies that had dropped are all gone. I also got lucky and one of my female sailfin mollies dropped about 100 fry yesterday. So I've been netting out any I can and tossing them into the tank. He neither looks fat 'nore does he seem to be getting skinnier. So I can only hope he's eating them up. atm the tank is about 80 deg. I did do a cautionary 1/4 dos of melafix and pima fix yesterday, to avoid any chance of infection hopefully. I also plan on doing 25% wc's every 3rd day and plan on doing them every other day if they don't seem to stress him out to much. I don't plan on dosing the tank again unless I see signs of infection ect, which I haven't.

he's already pretty much fearless and will come right up to my fingers when I feed the guppies. I tried some frozen blood worms which he promptly spit out. atm I'm encouraging him to associate my hand with food, but don't plan on hand-feeding in the future. I like my fingers. lol

The tank is still on high alert.. but hopefully he'll double in this next month and take the larger guppies so I can rest easy. >.< I'm also planning on trying frozen brine shrimp, and if those fail and he seems to be getting skinny.. I'll suck it up and make the drive to procure live black worms. either he's not eating, or just picking abit at stuff.. or he has a very high metabolism at this size.

Anyone else have an suggestions or tips for me to give this guy the best odds?
 
Abas will grow and bring you joy and satisfaction to your hobby! Mine was really shy at 12cm, only coming out at night. But after using thongs to feed him carnivore pellets and cut market prawns, he'll come out any time of day - and start swimming excitedly whenever the lights are on! Once they start feeding healthily and are maintained with good water quality, they'll soon become the beautiful tyranical monster fish they really are ;)
 
cutie pie
 
I've had mine for almost 2 months. He has grown about 2 inches and seems to really like shrimp and tilapia fillets. I also give him feeders about once per week.
 
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