THAT New Tank FEELING ^^
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AU_Arowana-RG;3105645; said:
Bichir keeps company of red aro in the other 8' tank - he will be staying there,but since you asked for him here are some pix of fat bichir. He eats only live feeders (which are no longer on menu) and prawns - difficult to feed but he grows in length and in girth - what is the max size of these beasties - big i hope
You've got one nice Endlicheri (If I'm correct). They get big, so you don't have much to worry about in terms of size. Wild lengths reach 34-38 inches. Captive lengths may be a little less. Again, I'm not sure and I'm hoping that any of the true bichirholics come to my aid in this ID matter.
Regardless, I honestly think that more bichirs would look nice.
Regardless, I honestly think that more bichirs would look nice.
AU_Arowana-RG;3109392; said:You've got one nice Endlicheri (If I'm correct). They get big, so you don't have much to worry about in terms of size. Wild lengths reach 34-38 inches. Captive lengths may be a little less. Again, I'm not sure and I'm hoping that any of the true bichirholics come to my aid in this ID matter.
Regardless, I honestly think that more bichirs would look nice.
I can only hope that he gets bigger ^^ it looks positively puny in the 8' set-up. More bichir? nah, they are quite placid ... too placid for my liking. He is an oddball in my tank. Sting rays i like ^^
selki;3109392; said:
Thanxxx ^^
TLkmDN;3110958; said:
hehehehe thanx. Their primary diet is frozen crikets (from the farm). Frogs. Market prawn. Hikari pellets as standby. If i were to guess, crickets are super high in protein so that could be the answer. the silver aros has grown quite significatly -they are about one year now from the puny juvi little worms. At some point i had to instruct maid to reduce feeding from everyday to everyother day cos i was afraid they would outgrow their 7' set-up too quickly + the filtration may not be up for it... even so, they have been growing very fast. Paimas grow quite fast on crickets as well. in less than a year i got them to more than 2' (though sadly as i said before 16C was too low for them outside)
RTC do not eat crickets. Marble does - it grows very fast.
Conclusion: no hormones - crickets is the way forward for super growth (or crickets with hormone?)
hahah thanks for the advice man...yeh seems to make perfect sense...i prefer pellets to crickets tho cuz its easier to stock up on pellets so i dun need to go to the shop much. plus crickets r messy and they stink!!ctoychik;3110972;3110972 said:
TLkmDN;3112348; said:
Heheheheh - not live crickets of course: frozen. Buy them by kilo, 5 bucks per kilo of frozen crickets (farm raised). I actually experimenting with a cricket farm myself at the moment, but at the rate they seem to grow it does not seem feasible. I am yet to contact Hikari thailand for bulk buys ^^
i get my massivores from hikari malaysia!ctoychik;3113761;3113761 said:
SOOOO MUCH CHEAPPERRRR...u save tens of dollars per pack that u buy from a shop! totally worth it!