So, when I came home from work last night, this is what I got to put in our tank!
Now, the big question I have is, has anyone found out why Scombs die after 12"? I know that there has been some speculation as to whether or not we are giving them everything they need, but honestly, I know that some of us go all out for our fish. Granted, we are not mother nature, but some of us go all out for these guys and it's strange that no matter what, they seem to have an expiration date. I will be documenting exactly what we do for this one- our feeding regimen, and wc regimen, and we will be putting up our water chem so our experience can be used to help get to the bottom of this.
To start out, this guy hasn't eaten anything yet, and he was only fed feeders up to his current size (6-7"), so we will try tilapia and shrimp for a couple days, and if that doesn't work, feeders it is for a while.
His tank is an old 130 with two 12-14" FL Gars and one 14" Lima. Filtration is two 400's and a megaflow 3 sump with scrubbies and bio-balls and a QO 3000 return. There are also 2 powerheads- Hydor 550 and a marineland 660 for keeping the overflow primed.
So in short, quite a bit of current and he hasn't had any trouble yet and was actually quite sociable after only 20 minutes in the tank.
Whew, I'm done now, but I have been so excited for our first payara and I think we've done our research enough to keep this one healthy and can add our experience to the MFK community!
Now, the big question I have is, has anyone found out why Scombs die after 12"? I know that there has been some speculation as to whether or not we are giving them everything they need, but honestly, I know that some of us go all out for our fish. Granted, we are not mother nature, but some of us go all out for these guys and it's strange that no matter what, they seem to have an expiration date. I will be documenting exactly what we do for this one- our feeding regimen, and wc regimen, and we will be putting up our water chem so our experience can be used to help get to the bottom of this.
To start out, this guy hasn't eaten anything yet, and he was only fed feeders up to his current size (6-7"), so we will try tilapia and shrimp for a couple days, and if that doesn't work, feeders it is for a while.
His tank is an old 130 with two 12-14" FL Gars and one 14" Lima. Filtration is two 400's and a megaflow 3 sump with scrubbies and bio-balls and a QO 3000 return. There are also 2 powerheads- Hydor 550 and a marineland 660 for keeping the overflow primed.
So in short, quite a bit of current and he hasn't had any trouble yet and was actually quite sociable after only 20 minutes in the tank.
Whew, I'm done now, but I have been so excited for our first payara and I think we've done our research enough to keep this one healthy and can add our experience to the MFK community!
