It aint easy being a feeder!

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that is not true many "monster fish" do not need live fish sorry to be a little harsh.
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I don't remember saying that all "monster fish" need live food??? It just seems a little odd that you are going to join a board of this nature and lecture about feeding predatory fish other fish. Just my opinion.
 
largemouth said:
you can be as harsh as you want, but I have been keeping fish for quite a while now and hardly ever use feeders. Temensis, however, are very picky eaters and are almost impossible to feed only non-live foods. I have had them eat pellets and blackworms, but they just don't beef up on those types of foods. They will obviously eat some when they are real hungry, but usually they will just ignore a pellet. There is no way anyone can afford a strict diet of blackworms for these monsters, as they could easily go through 3 lbs. in a week. I feed them feeders maybe once a month to give them a really full belly and a little excercise, and I find nothing wrong with that.

The fish in the first picture is a crenicichla lenticulata.
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ok thanks thats good to hear sorry about that it was a little out of place :(
 
largemouth said:
you can be as harsh as you want, but I have been keeping fish for quite a while now and hardly ever use feeders. Temensis, however, are very picky eaters and are almost impossible to feed only non-live foods. I have had them eat pellets and blackworms, but they just don't beef up on those types of foods. They will obviously eat some when they are real hungry, but usually they will just ignore a pellet. There is no way anyone can afford a strict diet of blackworms for these monsters, as they could easily go through 3 lbs. in a week. I feed them feeders maybe once a month to give them a really full belly and a little excercise, and I find nothing wrong with that.
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handfeeding Temensis!!!! beefhearts :D

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=504&nocache=1
 
largemouth;2152; said:
you can be as harsh as you want, but I have been keeping fish for quite a while now and hardly ever use feeders. Temensis, however, are very picky eaters and are almost impossible to feed only non-live foods. I have had them eat pellets and blackworms, but they just don't beef up on those types of foods. They will obviously eat some when they are real hungry, but usually they will just ignore a pellet. There is no way anyone can afford a strict diet of blackworms for these monsters, as they could easily go through 3 lbs. in a week. I feed them feeders maybe once a month to give them a really full belly and a little excercise, and I find nothing wrong with that.

The fish in the first picture is a crenicichla lenticulata.
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nice fish dude.
but when you say tems are picky,i gotta disagree.
mine grew fast on a solely shrimp diet.
 
channarox;2209926; said:
nice fish dude.
but when you say tems are picky,i gotta disagree.
mine grew fast on a solely shrimp diet.
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Um.... Back in 2005 they may have been :D :ROFL:
 
Been there :D
 
ohh poor tem with one eye! he's still looking good though..
 
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