TheKrow;3736214; said:
I'm experiencing one right now with my new sen.
sens and albino sens are easier than other bichirs, they both actually are greedy, they can eat either floating or sinking. They were my first bichirs I keep till now, and whenever I drop any food in the tank, they are the one to notice it first, then the rest would follow.
I would give the sens silversides just to start off.
cheers
SNRMADE;3736782; said:
my 8'' endli took bout 5 weeks to start eating.I started with prawns which once he took them he loved em.Then i weened him onto hikari sinking pellets which took another 5 weeks.I ended up soaking the pellets in prawn juice for a while then chucked the pellets in,then after a week, just straight pellets.Im in the process of doing it now with my royal clownknife which seems to be much,much harder to break.
its good that your endli is on pellets, they have a really big mouth though, and can fit hell lots of food in the tummy before you know it.
I used to have CKs before I traded it with smaller endli, they were a good companion for my bichirs but they turn aggressive as they grow. I never had any success training my CK to eat pellets, but some people had. It even harder if the CK used to eat meaty food. They can go for a long time with eating strike.
spwd;3736890; said:
Glad hes finally eating mate,congrats.
Steve
thanks, but still the only time I see his fat belly is at night time, well at least he is eating.
It happened before with my ornates, they didnt eat anything for almost 2 months when I first got them, it worries me alot, then I put silversides in the tank and the ornate start hunting them. Some newly acquired ornate would eat at night time only, as they are noctural. But not always, recently I picked up a smaller ornate, and hell he is the most active bichirs in my tank, and his belly is always fat
