I have a 4-4.5 inch senegal bichir that is very aggressive. He'll go after any feeder i put in the tank. He recently ate a rather large feeder and it looked like he had a hard time swallowing it. The tail hung out of his mouth for about 5 min and now he has an unsightly lump in his stomach. I know its the fish he ate but it just dont look normal. Is this a problem for him and are all senegal bichirs like this?
Eating Habits
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Many bichirs will eat a large meal, that may shock us, but they seem to enjoy it.
It's better to feed them appropriate sized pieces of food.
Even then, they will eat too many appropriately size pieces, and still get the big bulging belly lol
It's better to feed them appropriate sized pieces of food.
Even then, they will eat too many appropriately size pieces, and still get the big bulging belly lol
Yep I see it all the time expecially with senegals. I have seen a row of pellets down my senegal before. They sure love to eat. Just be careful that you don't give them to big of a meal, because they can choke and die. I had it happen with a small del it was so sad, I found him with a pellet lodged in his throat dead. Be careful, but as for the buldge, I'm sure I have seen worse on mine! haha They just keep going back for more pellets!!
my old senie when she was growing ate 12 feeder guppies plus the fry one of them dropped except for one.She did this overnight and was still hungry in the morning
You control the diet small feeders for small bichirs if you just have to feed live (*not recomended)-Anne
*if YOU just have to feed live either qt for a month or raise your own feeders,even better don't feed live use frozen products
*if YOU just have to feed live either qt for a month or raise your own feeders,even better don't feed live use frozen products
JunO;2871342; said:
Yes it can be harmful for them. Particularly when they become obese.
It's trial an error when determining food levels, but eventually you tweak how much you feed to find the sweet spot.
Also, I agree with Anne. We can give our fish a much better diet by staying away from live and feeding a mix of frozen and high protein pellets.
Cohazard;2865449; said:
too true...
2 of my endlis jumped the divider and ate about 50 guppies and a hydrolycus scomberoides....
