This guy is always hungry. Here is a picture in which he is eyeing my finger lol!
My Chinese Perch
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That is one of my last unicorns.. close to impossible to get in my area.. healthy looking fish, good job!
They were hard to get over here as well but Wes from rare fish got in a batch a few months ago... I managed to get one during that time
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Update on my perch:
He hit his head pretty hard a couple of months ago and wasn't able to stay upright (swim bladder injury). Didn't think he was going to make it but I didn't want to give up either... After a month of struggling and had feeding he started to recover and how he is healed fully! Here is a pic of him from yesterday:
He hit his head pretty hard a couple of months ago and wasn't able to stay upright (swim bladder injury). Didn't think he was going to make it but I didn't want to give up either... After a month of struggling and had feeding he started to recover and how he is healed fully! Here is a pic of him from yesterday:
Glad it was able to make a full recovery and it's looking really nice.How big is it now?
Thank you. And the growth rate has reduced a lot, mainly because of me lol.
I want to put him in my big tank with atfs tarpon, my payara and other predators but their growth rate is a lot slower compared to this guy. So I put the perch in a heaterless tank and reduced his feeding as well. His growth rate went from 2" every month to about .5" every 2 months mainly because of reduced metabolism. And he is around 10-11" now.
Wow,almost a foot!....I have added heat to my two growouts and the bigger one is pushing five inches.I'll try to get some shots of them tomorrow.
