Red Tail Payara finally ate

[Simonas]

I got a 7" Payara Tatt a month ago and have tried almost daily to feed him with silversides, sitting in the dark and trying to drop them near him.

My Scombs takes food like a machine daily as long as it floats infront or above him but this hasnt worked with the Tatt.

Last night tried a different method dropping a silverside in front of him and boom he took it off the sand so I am buzzing and hopefully this means he can start filling out and become a bit more active as he is so reclusive unlike my scombs which is constantly out and about

How do others get on with their Tatts eating wise and activeness wise

 

[krichardson]

I hope that your fish will start to eat regularly from now on,I dont keep any payara currently but I remember back when I got my first tat and it took down a nice sized Apollo shark minutes after I released it into the tank.I was able to get it onto other foods shortly afterwards.

 

[kno4te]

My old red tail took a bit of time of starving. Had some African leaf fish teach it.

 

[pwmin]

That's awesome. Took me a long time to get my tat to eat non-live. That was years ago and unfortunately died a good while back. Took a few months of starving with a day every couple weeks of live, iirc.

 

[Simonas]

I hope that your fish will start to eat regularly from now on,I dont keep any payara currently but I remember back when I got my first tat and it took down a nice sized Apollo shark minutes after I released it into the tank.I was able to get it onto other foods shortly afterwards.

He ate again last night and was coming to the lancefish I was putting in with feeding tongs so fingers crossed thats it for him now and I can get him fed up and into my bigger tank as hes an awesome looking thing

I love the scombs I have had for 8 months but the Tatt looks more Armatus like

 

[Simonas]

My old red tail took a bit of time of starving. Had some African leaf fish teach it.

I kinda hoped the Tatt would follow the lead of the Scombs I have as thats a machine for eating frozen food but he just stayed at the rear of the tank out of the way fingers crossed feeding will bring him out more

 

[Simonas]

That's awesome. Took me a long time to get my tat to eat non-live. That was years ago and unfortunately died a good while back. Took a few months of starving with a day every couple weeks of live, iirc.

How big did you get him to?

 

[pwmin]

Not very big. Got it at a decent size and made it to maybe 12 inches. i can't recall what happened to it; this was over a decade ago.