armatus is being really terratorial with the ID shark , almost seems like the catfish is trying to school with him however.
Is this a good idea?
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My 9" armatus is fully pellet trained on massivore. He won't even eat tilapia or any other frozen foods.
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The tank looks a little green. How are your water parameters? Payara are very sensitive to water conditions and won't eat if not clean.
The water is clean its just algae. I keep the tank in front of a lot of light however, I have blinds that I can put down (dont need to often). I also have a little pleco that I plan on putting in. I payed 30 $ for him at the local fish store.
I dont remember the exact date all the feeder fish disappeared, but I have not fed him any live fish since. I drop pellets in every once in a while, I sit down and throw in chopped up shrimp and squid which he occasionally jolts on but will not bite. It's been about 2 weeks I think. Tomorrow I'm going to try some bigger pellets, tie some variety of chunky foods to a line and leave it in front of filter head (I tried this before but this time I'm going to use different foods and multiple lines).
I dont remember the exact date all the feeder fish disappeared, but I have not fed him any live fish since. I drop pellets in every once in a while, I sit down and throw in chopped up shrimp and squid which he occasionally jolts on but will not bite. It's been about 2 weeks I think. Tomorrow I'm going to try some bigger pellets, tie some variety of chunky foods to a line and leave it in front of filter head (I tried this before but this time I'm going to use different foods and multiple lines).
Last night on the 7th I tried a variety of foods like I said I was going to do. He went for nothing... However at one point a piece of bait fell off the broken hook I was using. I began to pull it up and out. The armatus chased it all the way to the surface close by with great interest. I deducted it was the shine. He had never previously been so interested in anything nonliving. Someone said earlier to try silversides, this was the only thing I had not tried, but now knowing how important there shine could be I decided to get some. Last night I cut one in half putting the tail end near his hole and the larger head end at the far end of the tank nearly on the surface right next to a power head. I went to sleep. This morning the one near the power head was gone. His belly also looks somewhat bigger. To confirm this I will wait out the day. At the end I am going to look at him again if that slight bulge is gone (he digests really fast) then I do think he ate it.
I dont think he ate it, im gunna starve him a little longer. Maybe I should feed him live untill he gets bigger and more confident or recognizes me with food better?
