my gluttonous bichir

[Spiritofthesoul]

can somebody post a pic of tweezer here?

Here it is. It's only about 4 inch long which i permanent "borrowed" from my school's laboratory. I use it to feed krills and bloodworms to my juvenile bichirs. Would change to a long forcep once they size up as I scare they could take a bite at my fingers once they are all grown-up.

Word of advice, If you are planning on handfeeding with a tweezer/forcep, Put the krill/bloodworm about an inch away from them. Let them come to you. Sounds dumb but I used to chase they around the tank with my krill, LOL!!!

 

[angryinsect]

i'll be happy if my bichirs eat like that..

what temp is your tank at, up the temp to 82-85f and you may get a better feeding responce

 

[putra]

Here it is. It's only about 4 inch long which i permanent "borrowed" from my school's laboratory. I use it to feed krills and bloodworms to my juvenile bichirs. Would change to a long forcep once they size up as I scare they could take a bite at my fingers once they are all grown-up.

Word of advice, If you are planning on handfeeding with a tweezer/forcep, Put the krill/bloodworm about an inch away from them. Let them come to you. Sounds dumb but I used to chase they around the tank with my krill, LOL!!!

thanks man..good info..
i'll try to find that tweezer as i like to try to handfeeding them...
i'm lucky coz my bichirs are still too small to bite my fingers..
if they have grow big, then i will try new way to handfeeding them..

what temp is your tank at, up the temp to 82-85f and you may get a better feeding responce

hahaha..i think my tank is just approximately 30c..i don't know the exact amount of the temp as i don't have any termometer..i'll buy one in the future..

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

if they have grow big, then i will try new way to handfeeding them..

There is always this

 

[putra]

where i can buy it?
i know this question sound stupid, but trust me,
i'm newbie in this hobby..

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

I got mine from my LFS for about 9 bucks

 

[BigO6687]

lol u dont need tweezers man, they make aquarium tongs, that you can use

they cost like $25

but i just use the ones from the 99 cent store, they've got some good fish equipment

 

[putra]

errr...
maybe for this time i can avoid to buy the tweezer..
coz every bichirs that i have ate like one family..
all of them grew approximately same size..
the one that not the same for each of them are just their belly!
but from my observation, even i have feed them, for another peroid of time, like 1-2 hours after feeding, they still like finding food to eat..
is that their belly never full?