got me some rio meta orinoco peacock bass :) and others :)

[scalesandfins]

they are only about 2in right now but already eating PE mysis, blood worms and pellets lol
and showing some faint greenish hues!!
i cant wait till these guys get bigger and really color up.
anyone else here have this local?
if so pics?
i will post pics next week of them taking with my good camera. i also got a endlicheri congicus that is about 11in and a ornate that is maybe 7in all eating great.
they are in my new growout tank. its a 93 gallon cube. measures 30x30x24tall
filterd by an fx5
water temp kept at 83 with a ebo jager heater
and lit by a panorama led strip

 

[scalesandfins]

also tryin to grow these guys as fast as i can so any suggestions would be nice. and if you see anthin i can change in my setup let me know guys. yall are the professionals

 

[pbass510]

get them to eat sinking or regular pellets like carnivore and food sticks thats what got my pbass growing fast

 

[scalesandfins]

thanks! they try to eat my nls pellets but they are too big. i might get some smaller pellets for them. they like to eat stuff that is suspended a few inches under the water.
might go with nls flake food. but if you havent seen PE mysis check it out. its like mysis on steriods. they have a ton of omega 3 and a few other important things for fish growth and color

 

[gangster]

I hope you dont have those bichirs with your small 2in cichla. They will get eaten in no time!

As for growth....bump that temp up to 87. Feed em a nice varied diet that consists of mainly pellets. Go get some hikari cichlid gold pellets for now. And do water changes of 50% atleast once a week.

 

[valderi123]

nice pics.

 

[Houdini89]

Nice

 

[bobtan]

I sense fish as a food....

 

[Aro_addict]

I sense fish as a food....

+1

 

[scalesandfins]

yall think the big bichir will get the pbass? i can move the big one into my 300.
and so i have my temp at 85 now. do i need to add a airator? i have the returns facing the surface making tons of surface movement. wil that be enough to counter the high temps?
n they are eating shrimp and PE mysis right now. im also goin to start adding zeocon to there shrimp for growth
and i would prefer to feed nls. i got some 1mm pellets but they dont even see them lol
im gunna try some 2mm if i can find them.
so there diet now is ms,PE mysis (if you havent heard of it look it up) small bits of talapia and pellets when i can get them to eat them.
water temp at 85 till i know that i can go to 87 without adding airation and im doin about 20% twice a week.