This is my first attempt at raising peacock bass, I purchased two about a week ago and they seem to be doing fine however I am concerned that they are not eating enough, for the reputation that they have I do not see them eat very often. The two are about 4 inches long and are in a 150 gallon tank, which I have been keeping stocked with rosy minnows and a few guppies. My question would be is the tank too large for the pbass current size to be able to catch the minnows? Or am I just over thinking it?
Juvanile Peacock Bass help
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Give them some time to adjust in new environment. Keep them stress free and you will see the results 
waiting game its called. Lol
waiting game its called. LolWater temp is 84 degrees. Here is a picture too, mabey you can help me with which species they are?
I'd turn the temp up. Could be water quality and/or the temp. Do they stay hiding most of the time?
water temp 84 deg fahrenheit = 29 deg cel, seems fine imo,
other factors could be water quality issue, - is this a brand new tank? (meaning is the tanks system established, cycled?)
1 week and they don't eat feeders? have u tired other foods? pellets/ market prawns (normally all pbass eat feeders so its abit strange (pbass in my experience settle in within 2-3 days and will consume feeders,
have u by any chance managed to see their bellys? is it bloated etc or super sunken in? if u notice sunken belly and poped eyes they could have internal parasites.
good luck and keep us updated on your findings
other factors could be water quality issue, - is this a brand new tank? (meaning is the tanks system established, cycled?)
1 week and they don't eat feeders? have u tired other foods? pellets/ market prawns (normally all pbass eat feeders so its abit strange (pbass in my experience settle in within 2-3 days and will consume feeders,
have u by any chance managed to see their bellys? is it bloated etc or super sunken in? if u notice sunken belly and poped eyes they could have internal parasites.
good luck and keep us updated on your findings
It is a new tank, it was running for about 5 days before I put the fish in. Water quality seems to be fine, ph is about 7, amonia and nitrates near zero. I caught about 20 small minnows from the creek behind the house (about 1 inch long and very thin, so slightly smaller than the rosy minnows ) between the two of them they were all gone within the day. This is the most I've seen them eat since I've had them. I tried pellets but no interest, I am going to pick up some frozen blood worms tonight so I will give them a try.
Their bellys are generally thin except for when they ate all those minnows. They seem to be pretty healthy.