raising peacock bass

[bassman24]

steve pretty much summed it up!

My two Ocellaris will eat 3 rosies a day. Should I keep it at this? Atleast Until I convert them to pellets? I don't want to over feed them.

 

[Onion01]

best advice i can give it to keep their tank continuously stocked with rosy reds or guppies. They won't kill themselves, and will eat whenever they need to. They have very fast metabolisms, and malnourishment WILL kill them

 

[k13_bryant]

no problem for the help. just hope you dont kill as many bass as i did >.< i was a dumb**** 3 years ago...when i first got peacock bass droped thim straight into my tanks and the just died i was like wtf? so i go get another set. then they die so im like to the guy i bought them from and im like wtf dude why did you give me diseased fish.. and he laughs and tell me to get me a water sample. and he just laughed his ass off. (you could have imagined my mistake..)




but they very amoung species do you know what yours are? but most are more sensative then tarpon. but if you want the color and health R/O is the way to go. you can get R/O from a nearby lfs ask them if they have the machine to make it its usually 30-45c a gallon. if they dont have any go to a vons/staters bro and they have these water machines that people fill with water. those are R/O i think.. and just bring alot of water bottles and fill it and treat it with AQ salt and your minerals. then just drop it in.

I've killed 9 PBass.. hehe.. the first 7, i put in the small pond without water circulation.. Each of them were dead one by one everyday.. Then the last two was in the aquarium.. lol..

By the way i used the water from my well, but i'm scared there are lots of heavy metal inside.. I think i'll switch to R/O water..

Then how to switch them from eating live fish to frozen food? This morning i let my tarpon starving, then i give them frozen shrimp.. they ate the shrimp, but then they spit them out.. Or the tarpons only eat live fish? even live shrimps, they don't want to eat..

One more thing, i found that my PBass and my tarpons became pale color, today i just bought another couple of tarpons and their color more greyish silver, the old ones like light brownish silver color.. Is there any special treatment to do?

Thanks a lot bro, i learnt a lot from you..

 

[Phillis]

well you should and if you want to ivide them or seperate the peacock bass from the tarpon if you want to feed them forzen foods instead of live. and the pale color may be shyness or change in emote. or possibley velvet but i doubt it. they prob just dont like shrimp yet try this food routine always works for mine:
gives emm great color and less worry of parasites.

monday:Bloodsworms (frozen cubes)--once morning once night
tuesday:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- once morning once night
wensday:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- once morning once night
thursday:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- once morning once night
Friday:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- ONLY MORNING. Feeder Guppys (treat and need to feed cause i have payara in the tank that only eat live trying to get them off live but there bein picky.)
Sat:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- once morning once night
sun:Bloodworms (forzen cubes)-- once morning once night

ohh and if your tarpons also became pale this may be a result of a heavy waterchange? or pissibley high ammonia? not to sure without looking what could have been the culperate.

so R/O will help you and best of luck--

PS: if you really want to try shrimp ive never tried this but it may work. get a peice of shrimp get a lil bit of fishing line and move it in your tank (dont add a hook to it lol. just make it so that it stays to the shrimp like make it go through a peice of it.) since peacock bass like live moving foods as you move the shrimp he will think its alive and strike hopefully eating it. and if that works soo you might not have to use the string meathod. and just have to drop it in.

 

[k13_bryant]

OK, thanks a lot bro for your advices..

I haven't got my PBass.. Here is out of stock...

I have feed them with them live ones, but they don't it them...

Btw, thanks a lot once again..

 

[k13_bryant]

Hey Bro BassKeeper, thanks a lot. My PBass all are doing great. They're just 2 inches, but greedy like hell.. lol.. I feed them with bloodworm as ur suggestion, and they enjoy 'em, but after they looked full, i put some guppies and they still chased 'em. Just like the dessert for them.. lol..
Good news, now the tarpons also want to eat the bloodworms as well. Hehe.. Thanks once again.

 

[haynchinook334]

I find it best to keep all pbass bought in 1 tank with no other fish. got 5 pbass 4 month ago. 1 passed and the other 4 are doing good.
i keep my temp at 83 to 86 dagrees
sand bottom with two small drift wood. and air stones on ether or sides.

 

[CichlaRyan]

k13 nice fish man they look very healthy. what type of Pbass are they? i would say mono or orino.

hayn bradha i totally agree in my opinion scott opened my eyes on this a tank thats just peacock bass looks so sweet and you wont run into fish vs fish as much.

 

[k13_bryant]

k13 nice fish man they look very healthy. what type of Pbass are they? i would say mono or orino.

hayn bradha i totally agree in my opinion scott opened my eyes on this a tank thats just peacock bass looks so sweet and you wont run into fish vs fish as much.

Thanks Bro, i also don't know what type is mine, because in Indonesia, PBass isn't a common fish. We just call 'em Cichla Ocellaris. Today I just wanted to ask the more experienced people here, what type is mine? lol..

I put them with the small red carp as my sis request. Don't give the carp to the tarpons.. lol.. And now the carp is acting, as he is a PBass.. lol.. He eats small guppies as well.. hauhahuaha.. lol..

As they grow bigger, i think i'll mixed the with the tarpons.. hehe.. lol..

But now i'm getting problem.. The Pbass don't really want to eat the bloodworm. They keep waiting for the small guppies. I think i'll make them really starving, then only give them the bloodworms. is it ok?

 

[bassman24]

best advice i can give it to keep their tank continuously stocked with rosy reds or guppies. They won't kill themselves, and will eat whenever they need to. They have very fast metabolisms, and malnourishment WILL kill them

That sounds good except I don't want them to forget who feeds them. I like the way they come right up to the front and do spins when i walk in the room. If I stock the tank with rosies won't it be harder to convert them to dry food when they're big enough?