polypterus found new food type - opinion needed

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^ give it some time, the others will catch on! I envy your stocklist, Dabola is probably my most wanted bichir right now

Also, if the other fish arent eating pellet straight up, you can "stuff" the tilapia with the pellets to get them used to the taste. To get my ornate and gold dust on pellet i would squeeze out the insides of a live nightcrawler and stuff it with hikari carni sticks, its a royal pain but worth it in the end. stuffing tilapia is way easier lol
 
BuffaloPolypteridae said:
^ Also, if the other fish arent eating pellet straight up, you can "stuff" the tilapia with the pellets to get them used to the taste. To get my ornate and gold dust on pellet i would squeeze out the insides of a live nightcrawler and stuff it with hikari carni sticks, its a royal pain but worth it in the end. stuffing tilapia is way easier lol
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hmm squezing pellets, i give that a try, but i am not gutting no guts out of worms. there is a line i wont cross for my fish, and that is gutting worms. its the only line i have at the moment. i just try squezzing it inside tilapi steak for now. that way i dont care if they get used to just pellets, i know they getting it. i have some NLS thera A for my discus, maybe i start with those. thx for the idea, simple but if it works, it be very affective.
 
for those using shrimps, are u using market shrimps and chopping them up or the brine shrimp from the LFS? i have done market shrimp chopped, cooked market shrimps chopped (i have to be quick on these as my girl loves shrimp cocktails, and i dont dare tell her i bought them for the fish), and Sally's Brine shrimp (the adults shrimps). Of the three shrimps brine is best, raw chopped barely if at all, and for cooked, i was suppise it took, not as good as brine, but they do eat it all.
 
Anytime I use shrimp I chop (depending on the size of the fish) raw market shrimp or whole/chopped frozen Krill. I rarly ever use Brine shrimp for anything.

I have one Polypterus senegalus about 5-6” I keep it with a Brown African Knife, 2 peacock eels and a Raphael cat that makes sure nothing is left behind. He will eat Hakari sinking carnivore pellets, NLS 2mm sinking Thera A, earthworms, silversides, chopped market shrimp or Krill. I’m slowly cutting back on everything but the NLS which it gets every day but it eats everything with equal enthusiasm. The BAK is slightly pickier but eats the NLS so I’m happy about that. I swear I don’t know how the eels survive I almost never see them eat (a piece of earthworm every now and then) they seem to turn their pointy noses up at everything except live black worms which I’ve stopped using. They must eat something they are active an always out swimming around. I noticed with the Bichir it is a very aggressive feeder but not at all aggressive towards the other fish, it acts pretty much oblivious to them. Even while it’s eating it doesn’t chase them away it lays on the food eating until it’s full and then just swims away. This guy and my Black Ghost Knife in another tank are among two of my favorite fish to observe. My goal is to get all of them on NLS as the primary staple so I don’t have get special food for one or 2 fish. The eels may prove to be a challenge.
 
Everything I have read said cooked is not good but I don't know why. Make sure you don't add any salt or seasoning. Rather than cooking you might try soaking in some garlic to make it more attractive to the fish.

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^ cooked food loses nutrients through being cooked, already cooked prawns for fish are like a fast food burger for humans, fills us up but doesn't do anything for us otherwise

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BuffaloPolypteridae said:
^ give it some time, the others will catch on! I envy your stocklist, Dabola is probably my most wanted bichir right now

Also, if the other fish arent eating pellet straight up, you can "stuff" the tilapia with the pellets to get them used to the taste. To get my ornate and gold dust on pellet i would squeeze out the insides of a live nightcrawler and stuff it with hikari carni sticks, its a royal pain but worth it in the end. stuffing tilapia is way easier lol
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Yeah still trying to starve them but not til death. hehe yeah a couple more rare bichirs (koloton, koliba, guinea endli, tikinso guinea endli, and volta) arrrived here but I passed since they are almost the same price as my dabola.
 
I'll be getting a Volta soon, I wish I could find a dabola at the same size and price I'd be all over it!

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