Food

[Demon_fish]

what kind of dry food should i feed my senegal so it grows as fast and healthy as possible. and how do i feed my senegal without the cichlids eating it first

 

[XRAYZ]

the best dried food imo is hikari sinking carnivore pellets. they are on the expensive side though. especially if your cichlids chomp on them before they even hit the bottom of the tank. it is going to be tricky but one way that i have heard people try is the target feeding method. this would involve getting a long plastic cylinder (kind of like the gravel vacs) and placing it in the tank with one end if front of the bichir and the other above the water line so you can drop food in. the food will sink down the tube all the way to the bottom so the cichilds cant get it. once it gets to the bottom it is fair game though... good luck.

personally thats why i dont keep cichlids with bichirs.

edit: almost forgot to mention... the best diet for a bichir...i guess any fish for that matter is a varied diet. dont just feed them one thing. sinking carn pellets can be a good staple though. its nice to give them chopped shrimp, beef heart, smelt, etc. and i also give mine home grown feeders to chace around.

 

[Demon_fish]

right now i feed him shrimp pellets with the ocasional earth worm. im in the prosess of starting a worm farm to have worm for fishing and for my fish

 

[Jaxolotl]

For dried food I prefer Hikari too but I use sinking wafer for tropical fish cause it available in local store, no problem found and my ornate growth well.

 

[ninoe]

For dried food I prefer Hikari too but I use sinking wafer for tropical fish cause it available in local store, no problem found and my ornate growth well.

same here, i feed my bichirs Hikari Singking Wafers and Hikarin Carnivore singking pelets as their staple

 

[Demon_fish]

thanks ill pick up some of that monday

 

[grmanrocks]

my bichir (soon to be plural) gets spoiled......

its a 4 day feeding process, with a fast on the 5th day

day 1: 7 hikari carni pellets
day 2: 5 Carni pellets, 1 cube of blood worms
day 3: 7 Carni Pellets
day 4: 5 carni pellets, some cut market shrimp

 

[Demon_fish]

might be able to get some food today