Good balanced diet?

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Steve_C

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First time posting in this Poly section even though I have been on MFK for a good year or so. Reason is because I am new to being a Poly keeper. About a month ago I picked up a new pair of 120g 4x2x2 tanks to go into my ever expanding tank collection :oops: And asked here on MFK for some ideas for something "Different" for one of the tanks. It was suggested by someone (tlindsey or someone I believe it was) to look into Polys. Well it took all of 10 seconds googling them to know I couldn't live another day without owning one :) So long story short about 3 weeks ago after doing some reading up on them I came home with a beautiful very active Delhezi which I couldn't enjoy any more if I tried!

I've read up on feeding and food they eat but I always feel its better to talk to people in the hobby than just going by what you read in an online article. What is a good balanced diet for these guys? So far mine seems to love Omega One shrimp/carnivore pellets, I give him about 3-4 pellet per day, then about 3 pieces of Omega One frozen shrimp once per week. He also seems to live these green "veggie stix" I have that normally I feed to my Hap cichlids and mbuna. Should I be adding anything else to his diet? 3-4 shrimp pellets per day and 3 pieces of real shrimp per week enough for him or should I be feeding him more? Still tryin to figure out how much is enough/not enough/too much since I'm still very new to these guys.

And of course...no post is worth a darn without a pic or vid ;) My Delhezi "Blue"....I never name my fish, but as a Jurassic Park fan I had to name this guy after the main raptor in Jurassic World lol. And in that vid he's just in a holding tank. Once I am done after the holidays and get time he'll have a whole 4x2x2 with 3D background and nicely aquascaped to live in. Most likely with a few other dehezi friends :)

 
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you gotta do more than just delhezi look into sengalus, polli and Tuegelsi.

As far as diet I alternate between hikari carnivore pellets and hikari cichlid gold daily and feed shredded(in a food processor) tilapia every 2-3 days
 
Looks like you just gave me a reason to put a new blender on my Christmas list lol

Once both these 120g tanks are up and ready I plan to give this guy an albino Sen friend, and maybe 2 more Delhezi. The other 120 (they will be side by side) I was planning some SA cichlids, but honestly I am liking the Bichir so much I may just do them in both those 120g tanks now ;)

Not familiar with Tuegelsi, I'll have to look that up.
 
I am still new to polys myself but I feed Hikari sinking carnivore pellets, omega one shrimp pellets, and NLS 3mm sinking pellets. I will probably end up going with one type in the future (most likely NLS), but I'm still experimenting. My polys will only eat freeze dried shrimp if i hold it underwater with tweezers, maybe because I've only fed them with sinking food since day one..

I tried slivers of tilapia recently and wow they attacked it harder than they've ever attacked any pellet. In terms of how much.. I'm still figuring that out too. I try to feed just enough to see a slight bulge in their stomachs but also skip at least one day a week (it's hard though because it's so fun watching them eat!). I'll probably reduce the frequencies of feeding as their growth slows with age.
 
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