Peacock bass feeding

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LukeOscar

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I have a 10" peacock bass hes a mono. Im wondering if anyone has a ballpark idea on how many large pellets he should be eating. He will eat 20+ if i keep dropping them in slowly. Maybe a 3-4min period. His stomach doesnt seem to fatten up like it does from a few feeders.


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Feed him that many then. Till you feel he is full but not stuffed.
You dont really wanna see a huge bulge in his belly.
DO you eat at a buffet and gorge yourself everytime you eat?
 
My 10" Xingu will eat 6 medium pellets at a time so really how I do it is put in how much u think he should eat and how fast its gone then add a few more to see if its still interested in it then a Lil more till he loses interest and u can gauge how much I feed my bass 2-3x's day at 7 teaspoons of medium pellets I'm starting to blow threw food like crazy but that's cuz I just doubled up on fish also but mine will stop when there full
 
bigpac said:
My 10" Xingu will eat 6 medium pellets at a time so really how I do it is put in how much u think he should eat and how fast its gone then add a few more to see if its still interested in it then a Lil more till he loses interest and u can gauge how much I feed my bass 2-3x's day at 7 teaspoons of medium pellets I'm starting to blow threw food like crazy but that's cuz I just doubled up on fish also but mine will stop when there full
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I only feed 2x a day. Morning and evening. I stop at 15-20 but i think he would take more.


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Yeah I feed the crap out of mine lol its my favorite part of owning them. But now its time to start buying in bulk off the interweb once I go this route it won't cost me an arm and a leg to feed 14 pbass lol
 
bigpac said:
Yeah I feed the crap out of mine lol its my favorite part of owning them. But now its time to start buying in bulk off the interweb once I go this route it won't cost me an arm and a leg to feed 14 pbass lol
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14.... Holy shmokes. Im looking to get a partner for mine.. But 14 wow lol


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Lol yeah 14 is a bit much but there worth the added expense of food and a new tank so I don't regret it now if I can make time go by faster so I can get my tank I'll be happy but my wife won't be lol......thank god she's so understanding
 
Currently 200 gal 6'x2'x2' my next tank that I'm getting soon in the next 4-6 months is gonna be a 540 gallon tank 8'x3'x3' they will be happy with that for while
 
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