Mastacembalus erythrotanea

[headbanger_jib]

 

[Chub_by]

Very nice! How big are they?

 

[headbanger_jib]

Very nice! How big are they?

28"+

 

[magpie]

So great that they eat out of your hand. How big is your tank? I'd love one of these someday but I am worried about all of the reading I do regarding how hard they are to get to feed. You obviously are doing ok.

 

[headbanger_jib]

So great that they eat out of your hand. How big is your tank? I'd love one of these someday but I am worried about all of the reading I do regarding how hard they are to get to feed. You obviously are doing ok.

Their current tank is a 50gallon, they will eventually live with the bichirs, just want them to learn to eat other stuff before they can be shifted, out of the three only one eats Tilapia, the others eat only live shrimp and live earthworms.

It has been almost 4years, and they still don't eat Pellets, the big guy took. More than 3 years before he accepted Tilapia as food, else it's just live shrimp and live earthworms

 

[magpie]

Argh!

Do you breed shrimp or buy then?

 

[headbanger_jib]

Argh!

Do you breed shrimp or buy then?

I buy em twice a week, about 200-300 shrimps a week, depending on availability.

Currently the fire eel and the Payara, are the only two fish in my fish room, that need live food, else all the others are on fresh Tilapia fillet or pellets

 

[magpie]

You're doing ghost shrimp? That's a spendy diet. Worms could be free, but shrimp... not so much. Why do these guys have to be so tough to convert? *sigh*

 

[headbanger_jib]

You're doing ghost shrimp? That's a spendy diet. Worms could be free, but shrimp... not so much. Why do these guys have to be so tough to convert? *sigh*

been doing that for the last 4 years, and have converted one to Tilapia fillet. The problem is unlike other fish, these fish can go months without eating