Gettin fahaka finally on saturday!

[awdawg]

I am trading my 7" red belly piranha in towards a fahaka i had asked the LFS to order about a month ago, they finally got one in, and I work till saturday but they are holding it for me untill then! Anything in particular i shold plan out in advance foodwise?

I'm looking forward to this! And I imagine he will be far cooler then my skittish timid boring red belly piranha eh?

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Food wise find a place that sells crayfish for cheap and dont overfeed. Overfeeding is the number one reason they gets lazy and then the owner loses interest. Check out the local Chinatowns in your area, they usually sell them for cheap. In the past Ive also paid the neighborhood kids to fish them out of a creek! Also be very aware of the water quality, they are VERY messy eaters and often leave food all over the place thus effecting your water!

 

[WyldFya]

You need to have good filtration, lots of water changes, and a good sized tank, 125+. Hard foods are very important. Lots of crayfish, snails, and clams.

 

[awdawg]

lol... Local china town... I may have a few local asian foodstores around... but that'd be about it, but they will probably be seeing me every other monday on my days off! I think I'll probably have him mainly on krill and shrimp with the bi weekly "tooth filing dinner" I'd imagin that'd work eh?

 

[WyldFya]

Ditch the krill, add clams and snails to the diet. I would feed 2 days of these, and 1 day of market shrimp (shell on) each week.