Training Bichir to move from Sinking Pellets to Floating Pellets?

[Sidrock]

(@MODS/Admins: Can you please delete this thread from the Media Lounge.. I have posted this in the regular Polypterus forum where it belongs.I can't seem to be able to delete this post..)

Hi guys,

I had kept my bichirs in various grow-outs which did not have any substrate (basically bare-bottom).

Now, the 1'+ Endli is in a 200 Gal.. and the <=7" ones (one Endli and 2 Dels) are in a 4', 70 Gal tank.

Both have sand as substrate.

Question 1: Is it possible to train these bichir to move from sinking food to floating pellets? If yes, how?

Question 2: Can I feed them Hikari Sinking Cichlid pellets without having to worry about them swallowing sand with the pellets?

Thank you,
Sid

 

[Fishermoe14]

yea the sand will be fine. they either spit it up, or pooo it out.

 

[tommy2b]

bro,my endli likes to eat floating pellets instead of sinking food.
but i dint train it.

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

It is possible if you are talking about Hikari.

The sinking carnivore pellets and food sticks are basically the same. So I don't see why they wont accept flooding food sticks if you have been feeding them sinking pellets.

All the need to do is find out the food no longer sinks and they would have to go to the surface for food. Gd luck

 

[spwd]

Thought we had answered this already,they like to feed from the bottom so feed them sinking food,occasionally they will eat floating but they prefer food on the bottom.

 

[GarNiac]

its possible, I did it to my bichirs eversince we dont have any sinking pellets available in the country. Either way, there could be few days of starving, even weeks. Lower the water level, that way they can smell the food. But yours already taking sinking pellets, best thing is to have a painted black bare bottom tank, just like mine, which makes things so much easier when cleaning.

 

[tommy2b]

sometimes is depends on the poly themselves.I feed my poly with dead prawn,and sometimes floating pellet.but my PEE prefer floating pellet more than dead prawn.This is what i headache about.