Feeding baby Senegal bicher?

[Puffer puffer pass]

I just got a little maybe 3" bicher a couple of days ago and I'm trying to figure out what to be feeding him... The people at my lfs said he would eat anything but I haven't seen him eat... Any suggestions?


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[MFK Ivan]

Try earthworms.
No bichirs ever resists those.
After that,you can move on to pellets if you like.
For the record,keep a varied diet.Fed mine with hikari's,frozen bloodworms,feeder fish and shrimps(quarantined)
Good luck tho!

 

[Puffer puffer pass]

Thanks for the tips!


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[Ramsey666]

Wait a few days more
your bichir might not be eating as its getting to noe its surrounding??

 

[MFK Ivan]

Wait a few days more
your bichir might not be eating as its getting to noe its surrounding??

+1
Maybe he's still getting use to it.

 

[MFK Ivan]

My endli didn't eat for almost 2 weeks after I bought him.
Be patient.
Don't get panicked.
Some of them told me their's didn't even touch or go near a single food for a month or so.

 

[JamesF]

At that size frozen bloodworms and mysis shrimp will be easiest. Should get some good growth on those foods, then you can start trying small pellets.

 

[Puffer puffer pass]

Yeah I feel bad for him when I got him one of my tanks got broken so I had to keep him in a tank with three puffers and the first night didn't go over to well for him! Luckily he survived until I could get my 90g set up as fast as I could so I had to move him again to the 90 so hopefully he is just stressed and can pull through! Is there anything I should be doing to help him?


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[JamesF]

Just keep the lights dim and make sure he feels secure, with good hiding spots. Keep the water clean and give him good food.

 

[Puffer puffer pass]

Thanks for the tips guys! I ended up getting another one to hopefully encourage the beat up one to eat and start swimming around! And it totally worked they actually swim around together and are both eating little chunks of beef-heart! Hopefully they will both live a good life together.... Especially with a 90g tank to themselves!


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