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Polyaddict86 said:
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Everyone is doing great. I'm thawing tilapia right now. Hoping to see some ornate eating action. I had to go out of town for business yesterday so I came in and threw a few pellets on either side of the tank and left.

Also, I have 4 fish as you know. The 2 chocolate cichlids and 2 spotted severums. The spotted severums are F1s and one of them chases the other a lot. Not putting up with that this go around so if it becomes a problem he's getting yanked out.

I have two 20 gallons in my office on an industrial rack. In one of them I have 3 small angel fish that are about the same size as the other fish. Think I could toss those in the big tank? My plan is to add more fish until the polys get bigger and then I'll reduce the fish stock.
 
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The Delhezi ate really well lol PIGS

Everyone else ate as well. Doesn't take a whole lot of fish to feed these guys and is king of pain to chop it up that small..
 
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It is kind of a pain but it's worth it. I have long tongs for aquarium plants. I grab the fish with the tongs, cut it up into bits with kitchen scissors, and use the tongs to put the fish right where I want it (for me, it's past the level of the congo tetras so they don't grab it and cart around fish pieces WAY too big for them. Pigs.)

Also, I cut it up in batches and then I re-freeze in ziplocs so I have already cut up bits later. That way I don't have to cut it up every single meal.

I think the angels could work, just watch the dynamic with the other cichlids.
 
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I'll try cutting up a large batch at a time with scissors. The tilapia comes individually wrapped so I open the package and break off a small piece and put the rest in a new ziplock. Then I take the little piece that I'm going cut up and I put it in a ziplock and put it in a bowl of hot water. Then I take it out of the bag and cut it up with a knife which takes forever.
 
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Useally ornate are shy eaters at first, when i got my first ornate it took about 1-2weeks before it ate when im watching, bit it probably ate something when im not in front of the tank:D they will learn especially when there's other polys around, they will learn from them.
 
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Polyaddict86 said:
Useally ornate are shy eaters at first, when i got my first ornate it took about 1-2weeks before it ate when im watching, bit it probably ate something when im not in front of the tank:D they will learn especially when there's other polys around, they will learn from them.
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Yeah, the ornates are starting to. The dels are teaching them their ways.

I tossed the angelfish in the 125 and they're doing well. The severums were a little nippy at first but everyone is chill now.
 
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