New atabapo I x2...suggestions

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freebyrd

freebyrd

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Hi creni-nuts I just got these 2 and I love them! They seem quite shy and seem to have a little case of HITH, nothing clean water can't fix... I'm a bit worried they are not like my lenticulata, they sit near the bottom and huddle together. My lents actively patrol and freak out for food, but these guys don't seem interested in food. I've tried shrimp pellets, blood worms, and thawed frozen krill with no interest. I got them last Thursday so it has almost been a week.

Tank mates are 1 hoplarchus psittacus, 6-7 Honduran red points 2 plecos and a rotkiel severum. Its a 150g long (6ft)

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A little update I picked up another, they are certainly coming out of their shell now. One is starting to really act like a normal pike, he's up in front of the glass searching for food. Won't take pellets of coarse, I did have to get a few feeders to get them eating. Next I tried live black worms and they all 3 ate that.

Tried frozen thawed krill and they didn't seem interested. Freeze dried krill also a no-go. Seems like I'm getting somewhere now they sure are awesome to watch!

When I fed live black worms they were actually digging around in the substrate looking for more worms they really seemed to like them but wouldn't try to even eat them til they hit the substrate it was interesting to watch. I'll post pix soon, I really need to re-decorate the tank my hoplarchus psittacus pulls all the fake plants out of the ground within a few hours of me putting them back....grrr

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Yes, any photos??
 
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