Fasting once a week while they are juvis?

[Stalker_Loneriff]

hello here I am again with another question.

actually I'm not sure if my two Albino Senegals are already juvis. I saw in one website that they're considered as juvis when they're 10cm but mine is still around 7.5cm.

anyway I heard that fasting them sometimes will be good to them. but I also heard that it is during this time until 7" that their growth is fastest and they're always hungry. so should I fast them once a week? or not at all until they're 7"?

 

[tlindsey]

hello here I am again with another question.

actually I'm not sure if my two Albino Senegals are already juvis. I saw in one website that they're considered as juvis when they're 10cm but mine is still around 7.5cm.

anyway I heard that fasting them sometimes will be good to them. but I also heard that it is during this time until 7" that their growth is fastest and they're always hungry. so should I fast them once a week? or not at all until they're 7"?

I personally feed them every day until past the 7inch mark but my group are adults so I skip a day when they eat tilapia. Tbh 1 skipped day will not hurt, I feed aquarium with my larger polypterus every 2 days.

 

[Polyaddict86]

I feed mines everyday when they were young, but past 8" mark i went every other day. To much feeding may cause them to bloat and they need time to digest the food.

 

[tlindsey]

I feed mines everyday when they were young, but past 8" mark i went every other day. To much feeding may cause them to bloat and they need time to digest the food.

Absolutely on point Polyaddict86

 

[Stalker_Loneriff]

thanks guys. how many times a day did you feed them before they became 7-8"?

i feed mine once a day. is that alright?

i guess i'll just have to be careful not to overfeed them

 

[tlindsey]

thanks guys. how many times a day did you feed them before they became 7-8"?

i feed mine once a day. is that alright?

i guess i'll just have to be careful not to overfeed them

Once a day I alternate with different pellets, and Tilapia 1day break after tilapia for the Senegals.

 

[Polyaddict86]

Once a day I alternate with different pellets, and Tilapia 1day break after tilapia for the Senegals.

+1 for my senegal, but for my lower jaws and ornate was once a week for twice a week for pellet, mostly was tilapia cause they were more picky when they were young.

 

[clm08k]

great question Stalker_Loneriff . I was actually wondering that too. Thank you for asking!

Currently I am feeding every other day, but if you guys say every day is better, I will change it.

I have a bunch of questions now.
What should I be feeding my 5" ornate?

Currently I'm doing pellets and frozen foods(specifically SanFran Freshwater multi pack (brine+spirulina, bloodworms, myesis+lettuces). Is this inadequate? Should I be doing tilapia and pellets instead? Do I need to supplement veggies?

How much(quantity) of food do I feed at a time?

 

[tlindsey]

Never fed frozen brine or multi pack but used live BBS for hatchling Senegal polypterus. I personally would offer small or broken pellets of variety vegetable, krill,earthworm, spirulina. Frozen small cut up pieces of tilapia, and shrimp. Live very small earthworm will be fine.

 

[tlindsey]

great question Stalker_Loneriff . I was actually wondering that too. Thank you for asking!

Currently I am feeding every other day, but if you guys say every day is better, I will change it.

I have a bunch of questions now.
What should I be feeding my 5" ornate?

Currently I'm doing pellets and frozen foods(specifically SanFran Freshwater multi pack (brine+spirulina, bloodworms, myesis+lettuces). Is this inadequate? Should I be doing tilapia and pellets instead? Do I need to supplement veggies?

How much(quantity) of food do I feed at a time?

If you use pellets probably 4 to five pellets should do for the day, depending how you cut up the tilapia just don't over feed.