Hydrolycus Scomberoides

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Jack Dempsey
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So interestingly enough this guys super healthy now and eating, in fact when I put in 20 guppies he goes right to the hunt and catches atleast 3 infront of me.

I had decided to put in 20, I figured 3 a day roughly comes down to 20 guppies a week and that should be his diet.

First off he ate them in one night so now he doesn't have anything else to eat for the rest of the week... secondly the fish store ran out of guppies so i have none in my quarantine tank for next weeks feeding:(

My question to anyone out there, is my feeding regime good? Adequate for such a fish? And if not does anyone else have a general feeding guide for these guys? like a certain more nutritous live feed i can give him, and how often i should put them in the tank etc?

Help would be much appreciate..I dread the idea that this saturday im going to have to put in 20 guppies that i havent quarantined and cared for properly by feeding and "fattening up" for a week but i have no choice.
 
guppies , platy's, minnows, rosie reds, and i allways feed mine every other day. I have mine in a tank with 3 hujeta's a pbass and a needle fish and dump in about 15 or so platys. The payara eats 3-4 at once and then maybe more thru the night.
 
hello if I shoot you a photo could you tell me what the fish i bought at the lfs as a vampire tetra actually is, if it is one i would like to know
 
Sure?
 
hybridtheoryd16;3203856; said:
guppies , platy's, minnows, rosie reds, and i allways feed mine every other day. I have mine in a tank with 3 hujeta's a pbass and a needle fish and dump in about 15 or so platys. The payara eats 3-4 at once and then maybe more thru the night.

So Basically you feed 15 every two days in your tank, with other fish that eat em as well or are those 15 just for the scomb? Im not familliar with your other fish so im not sure if they eat live feed or not.
 
Yes the 15 gets spread out to all fish in the tank. i basically just put more in than I know the fish will eat.
 
just see how much he really needs.
give him enough to eat everyday.
they have very fast metabolic rates.
i dont think 3 a day is good enough.;)
 
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