I don't see a pic. Maybe it just doesn't show on my phone.
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polypterus endlicheri growth rate
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DC is right, the pic you posted is of a Delhezi and they wont grow as fast or get as large as endli. Id take a pic of your own and post it up here for clarification. Even if the feeders were gutloaded you need to feed a variety of foods to get the best results and a good growth rate, if your not trying to break them onto pellet right away feed them earthworms too. It will help get the right range of nutrients in, but you cant beat pellet. IF you dont want to starve your bichir (i dont like to starve my fish) then i would try the worm stuffing method i mentioned in my first post.
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Ya that's definitely an endli. Just don't feed it for a few days then give it something you want it to eat and keep trying everyday until he finally eats it.
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Yup that's an endlie in your pic's
This is likely your biggest problem, endlies are slow to eat much slower then most tankmates aggressive feeders like oscars will always beat them to the food. It's probably not a matter of them being picky eaters as much as it is they are just too slow.
You can help this by feeding when you turn the lights out, this is when the endlies are most active and oscars will be least active. Try feeding the oscars right before lights out, then turn off the lights and add some more food 20 minutes or so later to give time for the oscars to settle in for the night and the endlies to wake up.
Oscars are pig's though so it doesn't always work they are tough competition for an endlie that size so it may be necessary to separate them so the bichirs can get more food.
Bloodworms are not the best choice either, chopped shrimp or fish would be better, earth worms are an excellent choice, very nutritious and most bichirs devour them, i also feed meal worms and other insects as well. Any of those, or even better a mix those would be much more nutritious and proper diet is important for growth.
hope that helps!
This is likely your biggest problem, endlies are slow to eat much slower then most tankmates aggressive feeders like oscars will always beat them to the food. It's probably not a matter of them being picky eaters as much as it is they are just too slow.
You can help this by feeding when you turn the lights out, this is when the endlies are most active and oscars will be least active. Try feeding the oscars right before lights out, then turn off the lights and add some more food 20 minutes or so later to give time for the oscars to settle in for the night and the endlies to wake up.
Oscars are pig's though so it doesn't always work they are tough competition for an endlie that size so it may be necessary to separate them so the bichirs can get more food.
Bloodworms are not the best choice either, chopped shrimp or fish would be better, earth worms are an excellent choice, very nutritious and most bichirs devour them, i also feed meal worms and other insects as well. Any of those, or even better a mix those would be much more nutritious and proper diet is important for growth.
hope that helps!
My personal preference is meal worms, They are incredibly simple to breed and very easy to gut load. Makes for a very healthy and free food source. Although i am working on addin a vermi compost to grow red worms as well.
To breed meal worms just swing by a pet shop and pick up 100 meal worms , get a plastic bin of any kind, I've used everything from coffee/ice cream tubs up to my current setup which is full dresser with plastic drawers that holds 4 big colonies.Anything works because they cannot climb smooth surfaces in the larval form or the beetle form, and the beetles dont fly so as long as you have smooth sides at least a couple inches tall you'll be fine.
Put 2-3" of oat meal at the bottom of the chosen container a 1/4 slice of potato and your worms, stick it in a warm place, the warmer it is the faster hey go through their life cycle. You can heat the bin of just stick them in warm spots, like on the hot water heater on top of the fridge or in front of a heating vent something like that. Then just wait, depending on the temperature you will have beetles in a few days up to a few weeks, all you have ti do is keep swapping out the potato whenever it dries up. Those beetles lay hundreds of eggs, so just leave the first 100 worms alone and wait for the next generation to grow out, by that point you should be able to harvest them continually.
To breed meal worms just swing by a pet shop and pick up 100 meal worms , get a plastic bin of any kind, I've used everything from coffee/ice cream tubs up to my current setup which is full dresser with plastic drawers that holds 4 big colonies.Anything works because they cannot climb smooth surfaces in the larval form or the beetle form, and the beetles dont fly so as long as you have smooth sides at least a couple inches tall you'll be fine.
Put 2-3" of oat meal at the bottom of the chosen container a 1/4 slice of potato and your worms, stick it in a warm place, the warmer it is the faster hey go through their life cycle. You can heat the bin of just stick them in warm spots, like on the hot water heater on top of the fridge or in front of a heating vent something like that. Then just wait, depending on the temperature you will have beetles in a few days up to a few weeks, all you have ti do is keep swapping out the potato whenever it dries up. Those beetles lay hundreds of eggs, so just leave the first 100 worms alone and wait for the next generation to grow out, by that point you should be able to harvest them continually.
My endi has grown from 4" to 5" in a month. Feeding Hikari carnivore pellets and chopped silversides and scallops.
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