Food For Goonch

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Jack Dempsey
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Hi,
I was feeding my goonch the other day and I ran out of food again, and I really don't want to buy more repeashy because of how expensive it is for how much I feed my goonch. I was curious what do other people feed such large fish. He is about 24" long but is constantly eating. These are a few pictures I took of him the other day. Thanks.image1.jpegimage2.jpeg image3.jpeg
 
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Yup. Or contact any Co that sells frozen baitfish, usually marine but some are freshwater, I don't think it matters. They ship too. Can easily find some at $0.5-$1 per pound, wholesome food. Much better and cheaper than tilapia fillet.
 
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Yeah I thought of that but i am hesitant to do so because my arapima died at 10" by choking on a goldfish because the spines got stuck in its throat. Do you thicket the spines on the fish would be a problem?
 
Goldfish have no spines. The pima must have died / choked for a different reason.

These fish are designed to prey on all kinds of spiny and crusty animals in the wild where nobody serves them de-spined food. But if worried, you could snip off the spines before feeding. I do it often, especially for my smaller fish. Larger fish I rarely do it for. My arapaimas get 1'-1.5' mullets that have about 6-7 nasty spines. Of course I try to give the mullet to them head first but this is not 100% successful.
 
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Find a decent market that sells shrimp cheap and it should be like a couple dollars.
 
thanks for the replies.
I have had it for 4 years, got it at 6", and i keep it in a tank alone for it to grow the filaments on its tail. I think i will go with shrimp until he's a little bigger, and i didn't even think about using shrimp. Thanks
 
Shrimp-only or shrimp-mostly diet I think will eventually kill any fish, that is not a crustacean specialist but a general piscivore, as the goonch is. Read up on thiaminase issues, if you haven't already.

Also, in the US, I am not aware of any shrimp / prawn sources cheaper than a few $ per pound. The source I am proposing is $0.5-$1 a pound and a healthier diet in my humble view.

Needless to say, you pick what you will.
 
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