what do you feed your bichirs, these days?

[GarNiac]

34cm??
that great enough for me!

mine is still babies, just around 5-7cm only..

err..-----> is palmas a polypterus? what is the different between palmas and senegalus?
(sorry for OOT--->Out Of Topic)

either palmas or bichir or polypterus ---> all the same, just different saying,
where are you from?

 

[putra]

either palmas or bichir or polypterus ---> all the same, just different saying,
where are you from?

i'm from malaysia..
at our country we called them as 'ikan naga' and this name also common for arapaima gigas..
and where are you from?

 

[brutonsbrew]

i have been feeding a delhizi hikaris massivore pellets and have never seen one grow as quickly. 9" now holding onto external gills. went to lps were i purchased and mine could easily eat 10 of his brothers and sisters within a week

 

[electric enigma]

i feed them with mealworms..since baby

 

[GarNiac]

i'm from malaysia..
at our country we called them as 'ikan naga' and this name also common for arapaima gigas..
and where are you from?

I'm from indo, some people calls them ikan naga too

 

[putra]

yup..
we all called it ikan naga whatever type it is..
now i feed all of them with blood/frozen worms including my snakeheads..
if i have time, i will go to fish shop to find meal worms or shrimps..

 

[GarNiac]

try crickets, they're very rich in protein.

 

[putra]

does snakeheads eat crickets too?
must we kill the crickets first?
coz i'm afraid it will jump and jump and that will make it's hard to be eaten...

 

[GarNiac]

i dunno about snakehead, but my bichirs eat frozen crickets. It takes time to train bichirs to eat frozen crickets, usually I starve them a few days before I swab with new food.

 

[putra]

wow..good idea..
frozen crickets huh?
thats new for me..

this is my bichirs..sorry for the quality..kinda blur..
i took the pictures with my handphone..
if you all can ID my babies, i'm glad to hear it..
these are old pictures..the latest is just the number 2 from above..

Ops! even this picture is not my bichirs, but i think this is a huge caught, isn't it?

this is my bichirs video and they are staying with my snakeheads..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zqg2dTDtvQ