GATF eating habits or tips? Please Reply
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I just bought a GATF from a LFS in the DC area. He is about 5-6". Ive put rosey reds in the tank with him but I can tell if he is eating. Does anyone have any feeding advice?
First week or second, he's not going to pig out and eat aggressive.
Give him time and keep count of rosy reds you put in.
Ummm, if you put in 10 rosys and the next day you find only 5 rosys and they didn't jump out I think it's pretty safe to say he's eating them.
Unless you have other fish in the tank with him.
Unless you have other fish in the tank with him.
Gatf is rare but still That to much for both kinds your over paying. I over paid for my goliath $250 at 5" 4 year ago. Look around for better price.
Hi
I've kept both Goliath and Vittatus ATF's. Without doubt, Goliaths are much harder to wean onto non live (I never had any problems with Vittatus taking non live). I currently have a Goliath (@5") eating flake and Hikari cichlid gold pellets.
You have to be brave and refuse to feed live for a while (although I did feed live to start as the Goliath was quite skinny @ 4" which is fairly typical from what I've seen).
One tip I would give you is to slightly pre soak any pellets you offer. My Goliath would try them then spit them out if they weren't slighly softend.
For the record, I paid £130 for my Goliath. Although the best I've paid was £70, and that was a perfect Goliath that I lost in Febuary due to a power cut.
I've kept both Goliath and Vittatus ATF's. Without doubt, Goliaths are much harder to wean onto non live (I never had any problems with Vittatus taking non live). I currently have a Goliath (@5") eating flake and Hikari cichlid gold pellets.
You have to be brave and refuse to feed live for a while (although I did feed live to start as the Goliath was quite skinny @ 4" which is fairly typical from what I've seen).
One tip I would give you is to slightly pre soak any pellets you offer. My Goliath would try them then spit them out if they weren't slighly softend.
For the record, I paid £130 for my Goliath. Although the best I've paid was £70, and that was a perfect Goliath that I lost in Febuary due to a power cut.
