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Definitely albino ID's. About the tails... look at the one with the chewed up tail... it's looks a lot like it was pointed before the points were nipped off... the other looks like the tail was worn down to be rounded like that ...
Also, Nice ... I'm guessing thats a RTC/TSN hybrid in with them?
Also, Nice ... I'm guessing thats a RTC/TSN hybrid in with them?
blurock;1863515; said:Definitely albino ID's. About the tails... look at the one with the chewed up tail... it's looks a lot like it was pointed before the points were nipped off... the other looks like the tail was worn down to be rounded like that ...
Also, Nice ... I'm guessing thats a RTC/TSN hybrid in with them?
oh grayer? yeah his an RTCxTSN, i put those two in with the pig eaters. will ID sharks eat feeders? anyways to make them grow fast? i wanna put them in a pond with the the gar as soon as the construction of my moms house starts.
Feeder's would be a no go... never a great idea, and ID's become less carnivorous as they grow is what I've understood through my research... i have a little 4" or 5"er right now... he's eating frozen bloodworms, beef heart, and market shrimp along with some cichlid pellets, and I think he steals some of the plecos algea waffers as well. He's growing like a champ, so give some of those a try.
Err... mine ate a few hours after I got them... how big are yours? and what have you tried feeding them so far?
sinking or floating? I got mine to eat Hikari sinking pellets... but it would only eat the ones it saw still drifting down, once they hit the bottom my 4line picked em up... I would try some flake food... thats the first thing mine took. Then try some market shrimp or mysis shrimp or beef heart... other ideas would be live worms, like earthworms or meal worms. They would still move so it may help entice them into eating.
Another thing is if you havn't had them for very long, and they got beat up by a gar, they may just be on a catfish hunger strike and need to settle in. At that point you have three choices...
Continue offering them a wide range of foods and remove all the uneaten food until they find something they like or decide to eat
Fast them/starve them for a bit, make sure they are hungry, then begin feeding them what you want them to eat
OR force feed them if it come to that. Blood worms or other thawed-frozen food in an eyedropper or turkey baster being squirted directly in front of their mouth usually works... but I don't know that I would try this until you are certain they are not eating.
One more thing is that they may only be eating once the lights are off. I've had several cats do that too me... So I have to start feeding them right before I turn the lights off, so theres food there when its dark for them to feel comfortable. You can slowly wean them off the darkness, and train them to eat with the lights on... just takes time
Another thing is if you havn't had them for very long, and they got beat up by a gar, they may just be on a catfish hunger strike and need to settle in. At that point you have three choices...
Continue offering them a wide range of foods and remove all the uneaten food until they find something they like or decide to eat
Fast them/starve them for a bit, make sure they are hungry, then begin feeding them what you want them to eat
OR force feed them if it come to that. Blood worms or other thawed-frozen food in an eyedropper or turkey baster being squirted directly in front of their mouth usually works... but I don't know that I would try this until you are certain they are not eating.
One more thing is that they may only be eating once the lights are off. I've had several cats do that too me... So I have to start feeding them right before I turn the lights off, so theres food there when its dark for them to feel comfortable. You can slowly wean them off the darkness, and train them to eat with the lights on... just takes time
blurock;1863600; said:sinking or floating? I got mine to eat Hikari sinking pellets... but it would only eat the ones it saw still drifting down, once they hit the bottom my 4line picked em up... I would try some flake food... thats the first thing mine took. Then try some market shrimp or mysis shrimp or beef heart... other ideas would be live worms, like earthworms or meal worms. They would still move so it may help entice them into eating.
Another thing is if you havn't had them for very long, and they got beat up by a gar, they may just be on a catfish hunger strike and need to settle in. At that point you have three choices...
Continue offering them a wide range of foods and remove all the uneaten food until they find something they like or decide to eat
Fast them/starve them for a bit, make sure they are hungry, then begin feeding them what you want them to eat
OR force feed them if it come to that. Blood worms or other thawed-frozen food in an eyedropper or turkey baster being squirted directly in front of their mouth usually works... but I don't know that I would try this until you are certain they are not eating.
One more thing is that they may only be eating once the lights are off. I've had several cats do that too me... So I have to start feeding them right before I turn the lights off, so theres food there when its dark for them to feel comfortable. You can slowly wean them off the darkness, and train them to eat with the lights on... just takes time
atlast they ate the blood worms i threw in earlier hehe! but they only eat the worms that they come across with. thanks man.
