The vultures are the primary reason i think you need to get this guy on pellets and tilapia. Starve him dont worry at this size it wont impact his growth.
I might have to try to find some different pellets that it will like. Then, maybe I can try mixing Massivore into those and get it on that. Main reason I like Massivore is due to its size. If I had to feed my vultures smaller pellets then they would easily need a hundred pellets per feeding. Right now, they clean up 20 Massivore pellets almost immediately. I think that is a pretty healthy serving for them every three days at their size of about 12-14”. However, they don’t start feeding until the lights go off, so if I could get the endli eating pellets with the lights on, then it could get some pellets down before the lights go off and then the vultures can clean up the rest once I turn off the lights.
Now, getting the bass fed will be a different story since they like top it midwater foods. I might try to get them on a good floating pellet so that they can have at those while the fire eels eat everything else. Lol. Any good floating carnivore pellets that you all recommend? Preferably something that will be available in a larger size as they get bigger?
I should mention that I will probably start cutting down my stock as this endli and my bass get moved into my bigger tank and start putting on some size. I can’t see getting rid of one of the vultures since they spend so much time with each other and appear to be more comfortable with one another around. However, I can possibly see getting rid of one or two of the fire eels at that point. I hate to get rid of any of them, but I always knew that three of them wouldn’t work out in this tank in the long run, and they pretty much stay separated unless it’s feeding time. Obviously, the plan is for the endli to stay, but if for some reason it gets aggressive as it grows, then that could change. As for the bass. I will probably keep them until they are near 18-20” and then rehome them. My LFS takes all fish to rehome them, and they work with Big Rich’s fish rescue to take very large fish. That is a last resort if I need it, but I will try to find proper homes for them first. Anyway, these are the plans at the moment, but of course that is subject to change as time goes on and the fish grow up.
