I got him a little over a month ago. He has grow about .75-1" in that time. I am feeding him carnivore pellets, blood worms, algae tablets, tropical flakes and cichlid gold. What about yours? Oh and he is in a 55g tank with extreme filtration, low nitrates and weekly 25% water changes.
Green terror growth rate?
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I think there are 2 important parameter for this rate:
-water condition
-Feeding
in the first one, we should care about nitrates and keep it in lowest value and also the minimum water volume for a mature Green terror is about 35G.
but in the second, I strongly prefer avoiding from feeding them by blood worms! it's not an safe meal ; special foods for cichlids is the better choice (such Tetra, Hikari or other valid companies food)
Good Luck!
I think there are 2 important parameter for this rate:
-water condition
-Feeding
in the first one, we should care about nitrates and keep it in lowest value and also the minimum water volume for a mature Green terror is about 35G.
but in the second, I strongly prefer avoiding from feeding them by blood worms! it's not an safe meal ; special foods for cichlids is the better choice (such Tetra, Hikari or other valid companies food)
Good Luck!
3000us;3745097; said:
Bloodworms are a popular choice for many freshwater fish as a treat. It intesifies their colors and they absolutely love them. They have frozen cubes of them, freeze dried, and even live bloodworms.
This is what i use: http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-3759015t400.jpg
I don't understand why it is bad. I know it is bad for like Malawians for example because they are prone to Malawi bloat.
yes you right, but Bloodworms actually are kind of gnat's baby! So for nurturing them we need to somewhere like swampland, unfortunately most of producer use from sewages for this purpose. now this is start of disease risks! so I think it's not always an safe meal!
i would drop the flake because it really messy in comparisson to a good pellet which you already have covered.
IME you dont need anything special to grow a GT, just regular water changes and a good varied diet as you would with any fish you keep.
mine is eating hikari cichlid gold (sinking), algae pellets, earthworm pellets, paprika/garlic granules, frozen bloodworm. i have used crickets, mealworms, prawns and squid with no issues.
weekly 50% water changes and filtration is a fluval 405 until my 150 comes with a 50g sump. i also have salviana (sp?) floating plants to help combat algae.
IME you dont need anything special to grow a GT, just regular water changes and a good varied diet as you would with any fish you keep.
mine is eating hikari cichlid gold (sinking), algae pellets, earthworm pellets, paprika/garlic granules, frozen bloodworm. i have used crickets, mealworms, prawns and squid with no issues.
weekly 50% water changes and filtration is a fluval 405 until my 150 comes with a 50g sump. i also have salviana (sp?) floating plants to help combat algae.
Quality pellets are a better choice than flake foods IMO. I fed mine Omega One pellets , various frozen foods as treats, and bits of raw market shrimp for extra protien. The more you can vary your fishes diet the better.
Doing large waterchanges helps to increase growth rate as well. High quality food and water make a lot of difference.
Doing large waterchanges helps to increase growth rate as well. High quality food and water make a lot of difference.