I think adding strong currents to a huge tank might speed up growth...- but that big fish could be 50+ who knows if they weren't so tasty they'd live forever
Hey bro, been away, sorry. Mine too try to filter feed but it seems they do it a lot less than at the beginning. They learned that food is really only available when I throw in pellets. I do it from 3 to 10 times a day. They beg and "lick the window" every time I pass by now.What kind of diet are these guys onto now? I recently picked one up last month and it has been trying to filter feed everything possible in my tank's current. I have tried dropping in carnivore pellets, broken up massivore and other small sinking pellets but it always spits them out
Thanks!Monster tank!!!
With time passing, I was becoming less convinced that the cause of the mutilation of one of the three new carps was a tank mate attack. The degree of deformation progressed dramatically. Perhaps it could have been some genetic defect too. I really don't know. All I know is when I got the trio from Rapps, I've not noted any problems whatsoever.... Update June 14, 2017.
In addition to the two described above, I got a trio from Rapps about 4-5 months ago too at $25 each. Easy fish. One got messed up by a tank mate in a prior 240 gal tank. IDK who. Suspect 7" VATF chewed up right side of its snout and the eye. If it did, I've no idea why it'd do it.
Here are the three new ones at ~5"-6" and their new tank mates:
+1Sorry for your loss buddy. But I think this carp had a genetic mutation probably caused by inbreeding. Since these guys are critically endangered in the wild, It’s more than likely that the specimens that we’re getting are captive (in) bred and I don’t think we do much to prevent inbreeding in aquaculture .