Rainbow Snakehead, what to feed?

[zyrexx]

Hello, i just got 2 Bleheris, and was wondering, do they eat living fish? If they do, what kind of living fish do they eat?
First post here, just joined 2day im from Denmark.
The temp. in the tank is 22C, that the perfect temp, yes?

 

[gigas12]

Hi,welcome,I feed my bleheris with bloodworms,shrimps,meat and mealworms.The tank temperture should be around 20c.How big are your bleheris snd how big is your tank?

 

[zyrexx]

My tank is 112 ltr. and they are around 10cm atm.
But what kind of fish can they eat, when they grow bigger
What about Paracheirodons aka. Neon fishes, or Poecilia Reticulatas? Known as Guppy fishes

 

[gigas12]

Yes as they get larger,they can be fed all three of the fishes that you mentioned,bleheris reach a max size of 18 centimeters.

 

[zyrexx]

Okay cool, m8.
But how do i train their hunting instincts now when they are so small?

 

[Timmy]

If you are looking for an aggressive fish then the bleheri is not for you. Mine used to pick of the tetras one a month. Each month I would lose a tetra. All in all, they are not all the predatory. Get a pleuro or micro.

 

[gigas12]

Thats right,it looks like you want a killer fish,then get a micro.

 

[zyrexx]

Nono, i dont want a killer fish
I like these little jumping guys ^^
All i wanted to know, is what kind of livings fish they would eat
Since i have a 54. ltr tank, that i want to make a feeding fish tank, so was just wondering.

 

[gigas12]

OK

 

[Brucki]

Hi,

bleheris are not specialiced on hunting and eating fish.
If they catch one, they will eat it, but they are more on crustaceans,insects and worms.

Cheers Brucki