New to Polypterus - Substrate Advice!

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Zilch said:
Looking good! I'd definitely advise shifting to tilapia though, too much shrimp isn't good for them in the long run. Hikari sinking carnivore pellets are good for smaller guys too and have a bit of a more nutritionally complete makeup
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I've tried giving him tilapia but for some reason he doesn't really like it, the rest of mine love it. He takes one bite and then just leaves the rest. For right now I'm more concerned with him eating anything and getting healthy. In a week or so I'm gonna give massivore and tilapia another shot, I'll have a little more wiggle room to enact a "take it or leave it" policy haha
 
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Okay I finally added the black sand to the peace river. Its only 20lbs to 150lbs peace river. So this is what it looks like mixed in. my koliba and endli looks the same on it.
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I put the sand in through a strainer first to take out some of the really large pieces. For 20lbs it was about a cup worth of what I felt was too large looking. It was a pia to clean. Lots of rinsing and black water. have not seen any changes to the polys but it added a nice touch.
 
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The dabola 16" for sure, last measurement with tape against glass was a while back so maybe bigger now. The koliba is close but shorter and a lot less body mass. If you magnify the pic you can also see the big notch out of the koliba's tail. Even though they seem like they gat along in the pic the endli goes at the koliba all the time.
 
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DMD123 said:
Okay I finally added the black sand to the peace river. Its only 20lbs to 150lbs peace river. So this is what it looks like mixed in. my koliba and endli looks the same on it.
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I put the sand in through a strainer first to take out some of the really large pieces. For 20lbs it was about a cup worth of what I felt was too large looking. It was a pia to clean. Lots of rinsing and black water. have not seen any changes to the polys but it added a nice touch.
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Dude i like the koliba...not enough pics of him/her. I can see what your saying about the difference between the jumper and this one but its still nice
 
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