Power feeding my Ocellaris, good or bad?

[waynes world]

Hi all, got myself some Cicla Ocellaris a few days ago, now when i went to collect them the seller said they were 4 inch, which is what i was after so they could go with my other fish which a lot bigger and one is a TSNxRT at around 9 inch.
When i got there they were more like 4cm
I realy wanted some Cichla and there isnt may about for sale at the minute so i still got them.
Now obviously i didnt want them in with the other fish untill a lot bigger, i have seen that fish csan be power fed to geth to grow quicker, is it OK to do this to Cichla without harming them?
I have just got them taking glass worm, they seem to love them and have been taking a lot realy for there size. What if i should do give them to power feed them for a quick growth.

Here a pic form this morning.

 

[Mr Pleco]

I broke up pieces of massivore, 1 month later he can eat the whole pellet.
in fact he eats 3-4 pellets at each feeding twice a day...if I let him he would eat himself sick...

got at 3"-4" he's now 6-7" including tail..

 

[HULON]

Power feeding is always good for cichla with what ever they will take dry tilapia fillet chopped up shrimp just about any thing but i must warn ya the p's will never catch up to your cat and unless you can provide a tank that is very large talking about 1000 gall and up they will be the cats dinner or snack at some point this is from personal experiance .......

 

[waynes world]

I am in the beginnings of building a 500g, then next year a 1300g-1500g tank for the cat and rays, if need be the P Bass can stay in the 500g.
What size were your cat P bass when they was eaten?
I thought in the correct conditions/tank size Ocellaris can get to over 2 foot easyly.

I will see about getting them on some decent pellets asap then

 

[waynes world]

I broke up pieces of massivore, 1 month later he can eat the whole pellet.
in fact he eats 3-4 pellets at each feeding twice a day...if I let him he would eat himself sick...

got at 3"-4" he's now 6-7" including tail..

he grew this in 1 month?

 

[HULON]

I am in the beginnings of building a 500g, then next year a 1300g-1500g tank for the cat and rays, if need be the P Bass can stay in the 500g.
What size were your cat P bass when they was eaten?
I thought in the correct conditions/tank size Ocellaris can get to over 2 foot easyly.

I will see about getting them on some decent pellets asap then

The p's can and will gain size quikly but after 14 to 15 inches it seems to slow quite a bit ..And My RTC was about nine inches and very well feed but was still greedy and took down not only a 7 inch p'bass but an 8 inch gold severum and enough was enough for me LOL!!!!

 

[waynes world]

Better watch my cat bahaves then as i have 3 4 inch silver dollars in there with two 6inch gold severums. He has never shown any interest in them but they have been together since my cat was 2 inch and now 9 inch and the dollars were just over 1 inch.

 

[HULON]

Better watch my cat bahaves then as i have 3 4 inch silver dollars in there with two 6inch gold severums. He has never shown any interest in them but they have been together since my cat was 2 inch and now 9 inch and the dollars were just over 1 inch.

So was my sev and he showed no interest just woke up one morning to a fat cat !!!!

 

[fishmanbob87]

yeah they are sneaky like that, had to get rid of mine due to waking up to a "fat cat" a few times. my old 14" tsn x rt took down a 10" clown knife with no problem, than a few weeks later i woke up to my 8" channel catfish's backside hanging out of the big cat's mouth.

 

[revival]

Agreed with the above.....I would get rid of your cat if you really want your cichla. We had a RT x TSH cat and it grew faster than any fish i ever had. It was cute and innocent then it started growing and eating everything! A 9" RT x TSH could eat a 4" cichla no problem. Craziest thing i seen was the cat ate our birchir the moment i put it in the tank. And the birchir was about an the same length as the cat. Ill never get another catfish as long as i want to keep whatever else is in the tank!