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[bigjohnnofish]

go easy on the carnivor pellets - get bloat if fed prodominantly just pellets.... mix it up... love live shrimpies... and guppies too... awesome watching them hunt and catch their food....

colour varies from its bloodline.... 

[DavidK]

That would be great yeah the toothpicks sound like a good idea! I wouldn't have thought of that
Will post some pics of it eating

[DavidK]

Yeah, I'll get some shrimp for him that will be awesome to watch

[Anka]

My senegal would leave kribensis fry in the tank. I could almost guarantee he wouldn't eat a guppy.

 

Def mix it up though. Some frozen prawns, beef heart, whitebait, carni pellets etc will be well received by a very happy bichir.

[DavidK]

I was told to stay away from prawns?

[Redevilz]

Beautiful Fish David!

[bigjohnnofish]

avoid the prawn definitely..... live shrimp is the go... and mine definitely eat guppies when they sleep to close to the bottom at night

 

but after a while a group of guppies get savvy and work it out and stay away from the bottom at night

Edited by Anka, 02 February 2014 - 10:53 AM.
Johnno, please refer to the T&C's re: animal cruelty

[DavidK]

Just ghost shrimp yeah?

[DavidK]

Here is another photo of him he is always smiling!!!


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[DavidK]

Few more photos of him with my crappy iPhone camera


He is always smiling! Close up of his smile ))



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[Redevilz]

Beautiful fish! I like how he smiles for the camera

[DavidK]

He is a natural! Such a photogenic fish
Thanks Anka for the whitebait fed him on the day and he snapped the halves up I couldn't get it to sink though :/ poked the hell out of the poor frozen fish


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[bigjohnnofish]

defrost whitebait first - works better that way and sinks  

[DavidK]

Yeah I defrosted in tank water for a little while. Should I leave it in there for longer before poking?


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[Jules]

Should sink, I have the problem where I want it to float for my saratoga but it sinks.

If its quite old white bait that's kind of freeze dried looking, that maybe why it floats.

[DavidK]

Yeah maybe, because I pretty much have to destroy the whitebait (looks more like scrambled whitebait) for it to sink and even then it's a maybe
Should I try half tank and half boiling water?

[Jules]

buy a fresh packet, BCF or rangers is like $4 a pack.

[shayne]

gday david, the whitebait realy does sound like its freezer burnt.when i kept barra or im going fishing i buy 1 kilo frozen blocks from super iga. 14 bucks and its human consumption quality.bang it on the paving and shatter of what you need. better quality and cheaper than buying it as bait. might be more than you need though. 

[DavidK]

Well the thing is I only feed it whitebait once every two days as recommended and there is heaps on the bag
Does freezer burnt effect the quality? Because so far I have just fed it using the long plastic tongs thing

[bigjohnnofish]

$8 a block for human consumption whitebait up our way       and its very rarely freezer burnt... my rtc eats 1-2 blocks a week