Polypterus Feeding Frenzy!

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Can't wait to see feeding time when the congicus hit 20" :D

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very nice serg! thanks for sharing this awesome feeding! what are those? shrimp?
 
That's awesome! What are you feeding them? I feed mine shrimp and mussels etc but he's not normally that interested unless it falls right in front of his nose

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That was an epic feed! I love how the far just came down and swiped some away from them. How often do you feed yours? I can never get a feeding response like that from mine. It's actually pretty boring when I feed mine.


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syntaxx said:
very nice serg! thanks for sharing this awesome feeding! what are those? shrimp?
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Thank you bro. Those are chopped up tilapia fillet.

joelypops said:
That's awesome! What are you feeding them? I feed mine shrimp and mussels etc but he's not normally that interested unless it falls right in front of his nose

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I feed tilapia fillet only. I stopped feeding shrimp because it is high in thiaminase which will cause vitamin B deficiency and leads to those random spiraling bichir deaths if used as a main food source. Tilapia does not contain thiaminase, and is a native food source to some species of bichirs.

Aw3s0m3 said:
That was an epic feed! I love how the far just came down and swiped some away from them. How often do you feed yours? I can never get a feeding response like that from mine. It's actually pretty boring when I feed mine.


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Haha yeah the gars are gangsta like that. I used to feed only 4 times a week since I was experimenting with maintaining high water quality between weekly water changes but now with the new group of Congicus I picked up, I'm back to feeding daily to bulk up all my bichirs.

I will be maintain daily feedings from now on.



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Wow, Serg. Those bichirs look amazing! I'm envious of your collection. One of the best polypterus collections around.
 
Hao said:
Wow, Serg. Those bichirs look amazing! I'm envious of your collection. One of the best polypterus collections around.
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Thanks dude! I envy your collection too man. You're keeping some awesome bichirs.

Khapham_1997 said:
+1. I wish i could have all your bichirs :3


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Haha I know that feeling. My first bichir was an ornate, later on I had a baby cb Senegal as my only bichir. I was in awe just watching it swim around and eat flake food. That was like 11 or 12 Years ago lol

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Really though, I like that congicus with dark stripes!
 
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