Leaf fish questions.

[fishhead0103666]

Ahh my bad kno, it’s second nature to say leaf fish for me when talking about ctenopoma since that’s what everybody called it back when I got him.

I think I’ll try those floating arowana sticks for any new ones I get since mine only eats food off the bottom and it would be nice to get him to eat food off of the top.

 

[TheEelKing]

Ahh my bad kno, it’s second nature to say leaf fish for me when talking about ctenopoma since that’s what everybody called it back when I got him.

I think I’ll try those floating arowana sticks for any new ones I get since mine only eats food off the bottom and it would be nice to get him to eat food off of the top.

Okay, cool. If your new leopard ctenopomas are too small to eat the small arrowana floating sticks, just break the sticks in halves or thirds, and they'll be able to swallow them without any problem. Those sticks break easily like this, so you'll be able to do it fast.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Do ya reckon I’ll have any problems getting him to take floating? I’ve only had 1 ctenopoma and he acts like a big cory and is too good for floating pellets, his highness only takes pellets off the bottom of the tank.
I’m hoping that if I can get these little guys or any new ctenopoma on floating so they can teach my guy to take floating.

 

[kno4te]

Do ya reckon I’ll have any problems getting him to take floating? I’ve only had 1 ctenopoma and he acts like a big cory and is too good for floating pellets, his highness only takes pellets off the bottom of the tank.
I’m hoping that if I can get these little guys or any new ctenopoma on floating so they can teach my guy to take floating.

My 4 take floating pellets w/o any probs. May need to give a fasting period and offer the food.

 

[fishhead0103666]

If I were to do that I’d need to move him to his own tank so I could focus on target feeding him.

 

[twentyleagues]

No, he should take just about anything anywhere. Floating cichlid pellets, sticks, whatever. Dont feed a sinking pellet just feed floating ones he will probably eat right away.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I can’t, I have many bottom dwellers lol.

 

[twentyleagues]

Feed floating first then after he eats some drop bottom feeder stuff. Mine will eat a lot but stops himself when full.