My P. ansorgii loves his pellets!

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For the first couple of weeks I had him I NEVER saw him eat. I started putting live blackworms infront of him and he nibbles at them and has fun hunting them, but doesn't gobble them down. So I couldn't find massivore pellets at my LFS, but I came across aquarian sinking shrimp pellets, and man he goes nuts for them! I just fed my eel and the cichlids in the tank (Its only temporary as another tank had a problem and I had to throw the Africans in that tank) So as soon as my 180 is done cycling that will be his new home and my eels new home. But I threw some pellets infront of him for the first time and he gobbled them down and got very aggressive towards the other fish when they got near his pile. He sat ontop of them and if a african came near him would snap at em. Just thought I would share Lol. Here is a pic of my little guy.

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Cute little guy.
 
Greg31;4481138; said:
Cute little guy.

Thanks! He is a lot of fun to watch swim around the tank.
 
Drizzt;4481284; said:
He looks perfect. How big is he?

Roughly 5" right now. When I got him about 6 weeks ago he was 3.5-4"
 
Oh and for reference he was $28 at my LFS. I wanna go back and get an ornate and a 3" one cost about $40
 
Infblue;4482507; said:
very cute :D

Why thank you :naughty:

I haven't ever looked into polypterus' before and I saw this guy and loved how he looked one day. So I picked him up a couple days later after doing the research and never regretted it.
 
ocellatus;4482800; said:
Very nice! Seems like a pretty good deal at $28. I'd pay far more up here.

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Thanks! How much do they run in your neck of the woods?
 
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