Now keep doing that till he goes after the big chunks of blood worms. Then roll a cube of blood worms in some crush pellet, and see if he takes that. Then its pretty easy to go to pellets from there
Trying to break my GATF off live..
- Thread starter greenerinks
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The big GATF is hard if not impossible to break them off live, I remembered my 6 inches GATF at that size its already paint in the butt to get it off live and took me roughly 2 months to get it first bite at market prawn and pellets, some GATF will just starve until it ran out of store engery then slowly die out. Even after I broke my GATF off live successful I still go back to feed him live (QT and gut loaded feeders) it's much more enjoy it go after a feeder than a dead meat or pellet but it's just me.
I want to say finally after 10 weeks, as of yesterday and today, I believe the gatf finally recognizes dojo loaches that I've been feeding my stingrays as a food source. It was brutal watching over him without any signs of eating for this long. I can't wait until he regains his mass. Towards the end of the fast, he started taking bites at all the tank mates. The aparacio got a bit of his tail and disc chomped on.
Yuki Rihwa
yes I enjoy watching the hunt as that is what even got me into mfk keeping in the first place. However, i noticed the water quality stay more consistent and better for longer while feeding non live versus live. The massive mess they make that becomes detritus sours the water quality too fast. Until I build a new setup with proper plumping and a drip system, I'm going stay on the lowest amount of maintenance necessary since it is still by manual means.
Yuki Rihwa
yes I enjoy watching the hunt as that is what even got me into mfk keeping in the first place. However, i noticed the water quality stay more consistent and better for longer while feeding non live versus live. The massive mess they make that becomes detritus sours the water quality too fast. Until I build a new setup with proper plumping and a drip system, I'm going stay on the lowest amount of maintenance necessary since it is still by manual means.
I know thanks
moe214
there were many times that I almost just put feeders back in, I'm so glad I didn't. Lol
moe214
there were many times that I almost just put feeders back in, I'm so glad I didn't. Lol
Coming back into shape, gatf has been feeding aggressively on market prawn and loaches. I'm also delighted that I didn't lose any fishes during a half day power outage. Thank god.
3feet specimens are around.. and would be an awe to see in person just like that aimara I posted up. My gatf actually grew from about 12" to 19+" within a year.. now he's kind of capped due to the tank size until I upgrade.
