I don't know if I'm posting in the right section, but I just got this Butti and he hasn't eaten since I got him a week and a half ago. Do they only eat live food or whats the deal? He is in a tank by himself so it's not like he has reason to be stressed other than a new home, but it's been a week and a half. any comments?
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ive never ever heard of a fish that starved itself to death. i assure you this fish will eat around the 3 week mark at the latest. its almost a way of sulking for being moved to another tank. seen it plenty of times in my own tanks. dont put any food in the tank for the next 3 days and then try again., but dont be fooled in to feeding him favorites like bloodworm etc etc, stick with pellets. or you may end up with a spoilt kid on your hands that will only eat burgers.
when you say a butti are you refering to a tilapia buttikoferi? man thats one aggressive mofo.. im sure i dont need to tell you this but dont add any other fish unless you like to loose money hand over fist
when you say a butti are you refering to a tilapia buttikoferi? man thats one aggressive mofo.. im sure i dont need to tell you this but dont add any other fish unless you like to loose money hand over fist
Yeah, I got him not knowing what he is. I kind of bought him on a whim and I'm somewhat new to this so I though he was a convict because I didn't really look at him before I bought him (stupid I know). I put him in my tank with my convict and other fish and he beat the hell out of the convict. There were about 5 fish in that tank but all you could see was the butti because whenever anyone else came out he would own them. I had to do some major fish/tank swapping to get him in his own tank.
his a real bad ass.
the only thing he liks more then fighting with other fish is eating so give him little more time.
and in my tank he eats everything and i mean everything from vegi's to meat even feeders when he can catch them he dont know how to stop eating or fighting
the only thing he liks more then fighting with other fish is eating so give him little more time.
and in my tank he eats everything and i mean everything from vegi's to meat even feeders when he can catch them he dont know how to stop eating or fighting
