Hi everybody, I'm new to the site and new to peacock bass but not to fish keeping.
I recently picked up 5 cichla ocellaris at 1"-1.5" long for $8 each! Such tiny little minnows! After 3 weeks they are now around 1.5"-3".
4 of them eat only bloodworms (so far) and one eats both bloodworms and Hikari food sticks (guess which one has grown the most?). Ive been gut loading them every day as much as i can, usually 3 times a day.
I have them in a planted 30g tank with an aqua clear filter rated for 70g. I have a 55g waiting for them once they've outgrown that, then a 75g, then to my show tank which is a 225g with 2 Rena xp3's, a sand bed filter, and a powerhead. My plan is to get a pair for breeding, and sell the rest.
I have spent hours perusing this amazing site for care info and so far this is what ive come up with. Fatten them up with whatever they will eat (bloodworms) until they are around 5"-6" long, then switch to a diet of hikari pellets (food sticks, massivore) with occasional meaty treats (fish filets, prawns, mussels etc.) and feed once a day at this point.
Keep up with weekly 20-30% water changes and gravel vacs as they produce lots of waste and are messy eaters.
Anything I've missed, or any additional advice anybody can add would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I recently picked up 5 cichla ocellaris at 1"-1.5" long for $8 each! Such tiny little minnows! After 3 weeks they are now around 1.5"-3".
4 of them eat only bloodworms (so far) and one eats both bloodworms and Hikari food sticks (guess which one has grown the most?). Ive been gut loading them every day as much as i can, usually 3 times a day.
I have them in a planted 30g tank with an aqua clear filter rated for 70g. I have a 55g waiting for them once they've outgrown that, then a 75g, then to my show tank which is a 225g with 2 Rena xp3's, a sand bed filter, and a powerhead. My plan is to get a pair for breeding, and sell the rest.
I have spent hours perusing this amazing site for care info and so far this is what ive come up with. Fatten them up with whatever they will eat (bloodworms) until they are around 5"-6" long, then switch to a diet of hikari pellets (food sticks, massivore) with occasional meaty treats (fish filets, prawns, mussels etc.) and feed once a day at this point.
Keep up with weekly 20-30% water changes and gravel vacs as they produce lots of waste and are messy eaters.
Anything I've missed, or any additional advice anybody can add would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
