Huejeta

[cjacob316]

I just got two Huejeta in today by mistake.

what the heck do I feed these things until i can find a way to get rid of them?

 

[JC_P]

They like live food, you can try krill, freeze dried or whole frozen, but the live food would be easier to feed because krill and other dead food items take time. Just give them appropriately sized live fish that have been quarantined.

 

[wantokeeptrout]

The one I had LOVED Crickets. Put a few live ones on the surface and enjoy the frenzy. Just make sure they are in the centre of the tank so they don't bonk their snouts on the edge of the tank. Best part is that they quickly converted to brown Cichlid pellets with the crickets as a supplement

 

[RuthlessAggression]

Live foods i.e. ghost shrimp, fish of some sort, you could even try earth worms, and frozen krill.

 

[cjacob316]

how fast do they grow?

 

[cjacob316]

he seems to like bloodworms, any issues with using this food? also still haven't been able to figure out the growth rate of this thing

 

[fkabbage]

I've been told they grow fairly slow and get 8"-10"

 

[wantokeeptrout]

I've been told they grow fairly slow and get 8"-10"

Maybe i fed mine a little too often but I got mine at3-4 inches and when he died a year later due to a power failure while I was away he was pushing 9 inches. He grew pretty fast but I am fairly sure they get around 12 inches

 

[cjacob316]

most sorces say they get ~24 inches

 

[xevar]

try gold fish...they very lik it