If you're able to get some this time of year try some earthworms (I think you call them night crawlers) as I found this fattened mine up well
Heres my old one R.I.P
Heres my old one R.I.P
nandus nandus questions
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robroy;4732420; said:If you're able to get some this time of year try some earthworms (I think you call them night crawlers) as I found this fattened mine up well
Heres my old one R.I.P
i feed nightcrawlers once and a while, but its' much easier for me to get red wiggler worms from my compost
had them bout 3 weeks now and tho i haven't noticed growth in terms of length they have filled out nicely
I have a 5" Nandus Nandus, I got him last May and he was 4-4 1/2".
If you can provide the right setup, they will feel comfortable and be somewhat active. When I had him in a 20g with a 5" raph, he would change spots quite often and hide where he was very visible to the viewer. When I put him in other tanks, and the setup wasn't right he would hide a lot better.
As for frozen, I really wouldn't count on it. In order to get fish on frozen, they generally need to be sure that you feed them and are no threat at all. Most fish that are on frozen, snatch up the food so fast, they don't even realize that it wasn't alive.
Try subdued lighting, and get them hungry and try feeding them freshly dead rosys. They may jump up and eat them before they realize that they are not alive. Current in the tank always helps with this as well.
Mine also hates noisy tanks. He seems to come out and swim around when I shut off the old noisy aquaclear filter during water changes. He seems to not care so much about my presence.
They are cool fish though. I wanted to try to get a small group of them, but one died right after I got it, and another wedged itself into a piece of driftwood that I took out and died, so I just have the original guy.
If you can provide the right setup, they will feel comfortable and be somewhat active. When I had him in a 20g with a 5" raph, he would change spots quite often and hide where he was very visible to the viewer. When I put him in other tanks, and the setup wasn't right he would hide a lot better.
As for frozen, I really wouldn't count on it. In order to get fish on frozen, they generally need to be sure that you feed them and are no threat at all. Most fish that are on frozen, snatch up the food so fast, they don't even realize that it wasn't alive.
Try subdued lighting, and get them hungry and try feeding them freshly dead rosys. They may jump up and eat them before they realize that they are not alive. Current in the tank always helps with this as well.
Mine also hates noisy tanks. He seems to come out and swim around when I shut off the old noisy aquaclear filter during water changes. He seems to not care so much about my presence.
They are cool fish though. I wanted to try to get a small group of them, but one died right after I got it, and another wedged itself into a piece of driftwood that I took out and died, so I just have the original guy.
mine are already taking frozen(cut up smelt, prawn, scallop). i can always see aleast 1 of the 4 at all times, they are fairly active and can be seen chasing other fish on occation.
i have been feeding lots of live guppies, white clouds, and convict fry lately and have noticed significant growth in atleast 2 of my nandus. bout a half inch since i got them so i don't think growth will be as slow as i thought it would be
