Hydrolycus Scomberoides

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Starving them without killing them is the hard part! Mine got so skinny i thought i was going to have to flu****, then got it on tilapia, that didnt last long not even luring worked. Then i watched it eat a huge prawn and decided to keep on with that. Still eats them but im working with silver sides then hopefully i can lure tilapia again cause their similar in color. Scombs are just picky but even if he stops taking frozen thawed food from me, i dont mind the expense of keeping a quarentine for tetra feeders. Least i know he eats them. The only reason their in the tank with him now is because i thought it'd be nice treat since he had a horrible tankmate!

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I'm experimenting with the teacher fish idea since I have 3 scombs. 1 takes tilapia without hesitation so hopefully that one will show the other 2 that the tilapia is food. I think 1 might try it soon cuz it looks at them but doesn't strike.


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To me it just seems these fish cannot be tought but they can be fooled. Thats why i lure. it seems the take food when its availiable. But in nature i would assume scombs to be hiding under a dead branch just waiting for food to swim by and gulp it up. In the hobby we are presenting ourselves as a stresser and a large object that scares them. and we threaten their hiding spot. Im sure thats why i can only lure him in the dark. He cannot see me. Teacher fish is a good idea and i would like to know if it works. I have other fish in the tank with it and he will not eat when they are swimming but when they go under their logs at night i hear splashing and swooping in the tank. It my scomb pounding down tetras one after another till he looks like a balloon!!! Im about to rid my tank of every other fish in there just to limit any other fish hindering he style of catching prey!

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Does anyone know where they're normally found in SA? Like are they usually out in open water or are they hiding under or behind stuff? Just trying to think how to naturally mimic their environment since now mine have an entire tank to themselves.


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I endlessly searched online for bio of these fish and nothing. Best thing to do is try to contact someone who lives where they are caught or talk to someone that has fished for them. I would love to do so, but really just pictures of H. Wallacei ive found on the net help me enough based on the tank size i currently have my scomb in. The one attached is a favorite picture of mine and of course its not me or anyone i know, (sorry for the photo jack if does belong to a fellow MFK'r). But it shows the greenish brown water and dead trees surrounding the man in the boat. Good guess if you think some nice manzanita stumps and branches would be a good idea. Im hunting down some nice pieces myself and preparing a black water tank for the scomb! Dedinately will please me!

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Ya that sucks. My 1 that was taking tilapia randomly decided it didn't wanna eat them anymore. It actually stopped eating completely for a month, wouldn't even take feeders and it just now started eating again but won't go after tilapia anymore. Such a pain. I was hoping it would teach the other 2 to start taking dead but I guess that won't work now.


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Aw3s0m3 said:
Ya that sucks. My 1 that was taking tilapia randomly decided it didn't wanna eat them anymore. It actually stopped eating completely for a month, wouldn't even take feeders and it just now started eating again but won't go after tilapia anymore. Such a pain. I was hoping it would teach the other 2 to start taking dead but I guess that won't work now.


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Scombs seem to be really fussy fish, The Tats i have owned in the past have had no problem taking pellets or dead foods.
 
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