Snookn21 Guyana Ocell Growout Thread

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I think it was peer pressure:D. Most of them went straight after the bloodworms the first time I offered. After a couple of feedings almost all of them went for them. I have some other growouts in the tanks as well,( lyonsi, rhytisma, and synspilum) and they all go after the frozen food so that has helped i think. The big thing with tilapia is getting them to mouth it. Usually they are good if they do that. I'm really not trying anything special other than offering it to them alot. But as far as pellets or freeze dried anything, no go yet. They've mouthed some but they spit them out every time. I think your best bet for non live is really small peices of tilapia.
 
wow nice occels :)
 
Nice Ocells guys!

Scott, I didn't know you got these. When you run out of room for all of them, I will be here to take one off your hands and give it a good home:naughty:

I got a little FB Ocell from snookn21 a while back. He is a stubborn little dude. He won't touch anything but feeders even though the other Cichla in the tank eat shrimp daily:irked:.
 
One of the ocells eats tilapia, and fd blood worms...others have not eaten in 9-10 days...
 
Does anyone have theirs completely on other foods? I have 2 on tilapia and fd blood worms...others dont eat at all for like 13 days...

and they have dorsal spangling
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com