Need advice for feeding small C. Kerberi?

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jamesliu2000;2772432; said:
I just found out they can take silverside, too.....if condition is right.

wow that's something I was not expecting.

This little guy can't wait to become a big boy.

It's gonna save me some cash.

BTW silverside $3/lb
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Very nice James!
my cichla take silversides too, however its a little more expensive here than $3/lb...
 
silverdragon;2772464; said:
Very nice James!
my cichla take silversides too, however its a little more expensive here than $3/lb...
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That's good. They are clean and easy to store......

They come in 2 lbs box. I just wash them, filter out the water and place them in large ice cube tray. Freeze them and serve when needed..

Try 99 ranch market. $3/lb. I can ship to you, J/K... :screwy::ROFL::ROFL:
 
Wow. That's great James. :) Thats cheaper than the frozen market shrimp. So what are the right condition? Do share? hehe.


jamesliu2000;2772483; said:
That's good. They are clean and easy to store......

They come in 2 lbs box. I just wash them, filter out the water and place them in large ice cube tray. Freeze them and serve when needed..

Try 99 ranch market. $3/lb. I can ship to you, J/K... :screwy::ROFL::ROFL:
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jamesliu2000;2772483; said:
That's good. They are clean and easy to store......

They come in 2 lbs box. I just wash them, filter out the water and place them in large ice cube tray. Freeze them and serve when needed..

Try 99 ranch market. $3/lb. I can ship to you, J/K... :screwy::ROFL::ROFL:
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hahaha im in Australia mate.. so the shipping would probably be more expensive then me just buying them here..
 
Taboojen;2772499; said:
Wow. That's great James. :) Thats cheaper than the frozen market shrimp. So what are the right condition? Do share? hehe.
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nothing special... try new food on first feeding of the day when they are hungry and in striking mode.
When I start with my azuls... I use chopsticks :naughty: to pick up bloodworm and drop them into water current ( in my case I have aqua500, so I drop them into where the water outflow is....)
DO make some noise when you drop food into water.... don't know why.. but that excites them.. haha... I intentionally tap the top of my tank with chopstick at the same time bloodworm are dropped into water.
Always drop a little bit at a time so that only 1 or 2 fish get the food.
Gradually you can mix few small pieces of silverside with bloodworm. I am very sure one or two of your cichla will accidentally take the new food.
Don't stop and keep dropping one of two blood worm into the water so that other cichla will continue to strike the food. The one that still has silverside in the mouth will be so anxious to swallow it so that ready to eat the bloodworm... this way it will not spit out new food.
sooner or later all will take silverside.
Nothing special.. pretty much same as Disselmack method.
 
Ripdevil;2771065; said:
honestly, I have the same fish you do and when I saw that they didnt really want to swallow the bloodworms I ran to the store that luckily just got a new batch of guppies, which is great b/c they all look clean and healthy, and I asked for 100. the kid gave me more like 200 and I definately did not complain. I poured them into a net, rinsed them off and threw them in the tank with the kelberi. they loved it and for the next couple days will have plenty of food to choose from. Is this the best idea. Not at all, chance of the bass getting sick-yes, water conditions getting bad-yes but there will be a large water change once this feeding is over, chance that it will be that much more difficult getting them to eat non live food-very likely. but i really had no choice, when we get pbass in at this small of a size it is great because they are a great price and can be in a captive environment from a young age, but these fish need food constantly until they put on a little size.

one of them got stuck to a filter for a period of time and was stressed and skinny until I helped him to get free. Now he has a great chance at catching up to the others because there is practically endless food.

oh yea, take a look at the pics George at shark aquarium put up. those bass are swimming in a sea of feeders
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thats what i would do...
just keep the tank stocked with feeders at this age.
 
Very nice James. :) How big are those guys that are eatting the silversides?

jamesliu2000;2805494; said:
got few members asking me where to get silversides....
this is what I got today from 99 ranch market, frozen section.
Fish come in different sizes and are really cheap.
$3.69 for a 1 lb box.
once you condition them to eat silverside, drop one or two at a time. They will fight to eat until bellies are bloated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03f3L5rIOQ&feature=channel_page

Good luck.
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jamesliu2000;2805494; said:
got few members asking me where to get silversides....
this is what I got today from 99 ranch market, frozen section.
Fish come in different sizes and are really cheap.
$3.69 for a 1 lb box.
once you condition them to eat silverside, drop one or two at a time. They will fight to eat until bellies are bloated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e03f3L5rIOQ&feature=channel_page

Good luck.
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so thats what silversides are!
i always called em whitebait...used to use those to feed.
but seems like my fish would sometimes eat them and sometimes not?
 
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