Should I feed Senegal Bichirs bloodworms?

[Vancouver_98683]

Believe all tilapia products banned in Australia due to its invasiveness. Including importing frozen tilapia from Asia.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-...-in-south-east-queensland/7690180?pfmredir=sm

Bypass bloodworms. It's a mess, low nutrional value, and gets sucked into filters. Use any freshwater frozen fillets available in your country and a protein type sinking pellet.

Btw- congrats on the Senegal pick ups.

 

[twentyleagues]

Keep feeding them pellets. They can happily and heathily live off those their whole lives. If you can find frozen tilapia in your grocery freezer pick up a bag it's good for them too as Zilch said. Bonus you can grill it too. It's also yummy and good for you!

 

[Polyaddict86]

I started all my young poly with fillet tilapia, just cut really small so its bite size to them, blood worm should be fine but not in the long term, bloodworm dont have alot of nutritiens compared to pellet and white fish. Plus tilapia is way more cheaper and will make your sen grow faster.

 

[Slayer2533]

Thanks guys that makes sense about the tilapia being banned in Australia and why I have never heard of it. Finding a low fat frozen freshwater fish fillet won't be an issue plenty of suitable Australian fish species The two bichirs I purchased are Senegal's (male and female) I would love to be able to get a hold of some of the species that Zilch keeps they are amazing fish. I will post some pics of mine after work. Also I'd love to hear from a member who has successfully bred Senegal Bichirs in an aquarium.

 

[Polyaddict86]

You can also try silverside, smelt or anchovies you can find them in any fishing store, they are use as baits.
You can also feed raw shrimp, samething just cut them small.

 

[Slayer2533]

Here's a couple quick pictures of them:

 

[Polyaddict86]

Here's a couple quick pictures of them:View attachment 1253169 View attachment 1253170

Nice you got a male and female, yup they can eat white fish

 

[Angelphish]

Honestly as adults the staple for all of my guys is cut fish, so tilapia is kind of core to their diet. Once they get big enough to handle it (and at 5" they could probably handle small pieces) I drop the other stuff. Cost just becomes unsustainable due to the sheer quantity they'd require to get full.

2 inch senegal can eat a cube, 4 inch senegal can eat 2 cubes and some pellets, beyond that you may as well pop every blister of cubes in the pack

PetSmart sells Bloodworms in boxes of 120 cubes. You could just use a sheet of 20 cubes each day, although you may get weird looks when you get bulk boxes of blood worms twice a week.

 

[Slayer2533]

PetSmart sells Bloodworms in boxes of 120 cubes. You could just use a sheet of 20 cubes each day, although you may get weird looks when you get bulk boxes of blood worms twice a week.

Somehow I don't think this would be cost efficient or viable. I think the pellets and white fish will probably be the best options. Thanks again guys.

 

[Vancouver_98683]

@polymfkcrew-y'all is this a leucistic poly ?