Gentle Giants
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Another somewhat gentle giant I had was this Protopterus Aethiopicus I rescued from a tank where it was kept with alligatos gars that ripped off his fins to the point he couldn't really swim anymore.
I put him into a small dark tank to heal with some plants and guppies, where he started to heal well. He completely ignored the small fish and only ate sticks and shrimp.
It was prooably the slowest and messiest eater I ever had, filling the entire tank with small bits of food, to the guppies joy. They even could eat off the small pieces that landed on him.
Once it could swim again, I put it into a bigger and less dark tank with some tetras and leftover corys. However he did not take it well. He became so skittish that he rocketed through the tank at every tiny thing that happened. In the small tank he came to the surface to feed when I opened it, in the big he destroyed everything in panic when I even just entered the room. Due to that I gave him away to someone with a flat pond.
I don't know if his calm nature was true or it was just due to a lack of suitable prey, as the small fish were not worth the effort hunting.
In all my footage he still didnt fully regrow his fins.
I put him into a small dark tank to heal with some plants and guppies, where he started to heal well. He completely ignored the small fish and only ate sticks and shrimp.
It was prooably the slowest and messiest eater I ever had, filling the entire tank with small bits of food, to the guppies joy. They even could eat off the small pieces that landed on him.
Once it could swim again, I put it into a bigger and less dark tank with some tetras and leftover corys. However he did not take it well. He became so skittish that he rocketed through the tank at every tiny thing that happened. In the small tank he came to the surface to feed when I opened it, in the big he destroyed everything in panic when I even just entered the room. Due to that I gave him away to someone with a flat pond.
I don't know if his calm nature was true or it was just due to a lack of suitable prey, as the small fish were not worth the effort hunting.
In all my footage he still didnt fully regrow his fins.
My final entry from animals I personally kept are both silver and black Arowanas. Sadly I don't have any footage of them anymore.
With Arowanas it is down to the individual, I had plenty that ate fish and even one that attacked my Hand the moment it was close to the surface.
The black I raised from 5-40cm until he suddenly passed. Some time later I received a 50cm silver saved from a 80l tank and had him until he cracked the 80cm and moved on to a friend with a pond.
The black never ate anything living and swam well with all sorts of fish, including cichlids and neons.
The silver only ate pellets and swan with guppies, corys and myleus. In the beginning he checked out the corys a few times as they had the same colour as the pellets, but then ignored them. Both were very great fish and I hope that someday I can have individuals like them again.
With Arowanas it is down to the individual, I had plenty that ate fish and even one that attacked my Hand the moment it was close to the surface.
The black I raised from 5-40cm until he suddenly passed. Some time later I received a 50cm silver saved from a 80l tank and had him until he cracked the 80cm and moved on to a friend with a pond.
The black never ate anything living and swam well with all sorts of fish, including cichlids and neons.
The silver only ate pellets and swan with guppies, corys and myleus. In the beginning he checked out the corys a few times as they had the same colour as the pellets, but then ignored them. Both were very great fish and I hope that someday I can have individuals like them again.
