Pellet adaptation

[Lucas Fontenele]

Hey guys, my young wild collected Ceará kelberis are already eating soaked pellets, and when feeding then I was wondering this:

Fishs tends to adapt, as some of wild fish cant eat pellets and live in tanks, there are some that adapt to it so well with no problems.
This simply selects the most adapted fish, that will grow and reproduce in the tank.

i.e.: When I collected then some couldn't even see me, they hide, really fearing me so much for long time, accepting no food, and dont adaptating anyway. However there are some that did it so easily.

Its just the way I think, but I couldn't reproduce my peacocks yet to check it. I would like to know by your experience if its right, and if it hapenned to you.

So, was your F1 easily adapted to pellets and tank life and the F2 most adapted yet?

 

[gangster]

Most wild fish won't accept pellets right away. Try frozen bloodworms to get em eating. Once they hit those regularly start crushing pellets in with the bw. Thaw em first obviously. Feed small spoonfuls so your pack of kels eat the mixture before it hits the floor. Add more pellets over time. Eventually they will be eatn strictly pellets. The bigger your group of bass the more likely they are to accept the food.

I find kelberi to be one of the most skittish cichla. So patience is required as well as gentle movement around the tank. Once again, the bigger the group, the more likely for them to follow the leader and eat what u want.


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[Lucas Fontenele]

Most wild fish won't accept pellets right away. Try frozen bloodworms to get em eating. Once they hit those regularly start crushing pellets in with the bw. Thaw em first obviously. Feed small spoonfuls so your pack of kels eat the mixture before it hits the floor. Add more pellets over time. Eventually they will be eatn strictly pellets. The bigger your group of bass the more likely they are to accept the food.

I find kelberi to be one of the most skittish cichla. So patience is required as well as gentle movement around the tank. Once again, the bigger the group, the more likely for them to follow the leader and eat what u want.

Yeah man, youre right.

I dont know if my question was obvious, since I wrote so much.

Does the next gerations of cichla from parents that eat pellets tend to adapt easier and without training?
Like F1 acepting pellets easier than wild ones, F2 easier than F1.

 

[gangster]

Definitely. I found my f1 cichla to accept pellets a lot easier. The breeder made it a lot easier cause he started them on tiny pellets when they were dinky little bass. A wild fish is trained to eat live from birth..througout its whole life. And a tank raised fish is brought up on what ever the owner wants it to eat..hopefully.

On with the pics lucas.

 

[Lucas Fontenele]

Are you talking about my own fish or the caughts on fishings? =p
My tank isnt an aquarium, its a 1000L water tank, that isnt in use, I will only make my own 1200 L aquarium when my parents rebuild our house. But later I will try to get it with underwater camera.

 

[gangster]

Are you talking about my own fish or the caughts on fishings? =p
My tank isnt an aquarium, its a 1000L water tank, that isnt in use, I will only make my own 1200 L aquarium when my parents rebuild our house. But later I will try to get it with underwater camera.

Agh. I was under the assumption that u had a few in an aquarium.


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