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epic!

I need to talk to the minister for war and finance....

My saratoga has just had a massive jump in food consumption.

It has got to about 12cm long, really healthy and lively.

I have been feeding the floating high protein aquaculture food.

It gets 2 feeds a day, with 9-12 pellets at each sitting.  It used to "chew" each one prior to swallowing.

In the last week it has started engulfing 4+ pellets before swallowing and would eat around 20 per sitting, also picking up a 3rd feed at lunch of 10+ pellets.

I would comfortably estimate consumption has increased +50-75%...

Has anyone else growing these things out noticed a huge jump in metabolism at this size?

I have read that the african black arowana generally dies in captivity at this size due to requiring 5+ feeds a day at this age.

It has caught my surprise as I haven't come across another fish that has changed is feeding needs virtually overnight instead of following a linear pattern.

congrats!

When I was in Bali a week back or so I went to a tiny fish shop......

5 million (under 500 AUD) a full size golden cross back, he was like 7-800mm and really fat.

8 million had a red arowana at about 500+mm, bit of the drop eye though.  These were prices without haggling either!

The colours are heaps better in real life than on camera.

They had jardini bred in kalimantan for about 30 AUD at around the 7-8cm length. 

nice community tank

that's awesome!

sorry, couldn't resist

Just thought id drop in.

Kevin is doing well. (don't ask, have kids and was sort of was named by my wife, cause it is going to grow into "big kev")

I had him on some tiny old slow sinking pellets from years back. going OK ish.

You can make out the tiny scale spots as well as some initial spots on the fins.  The tail fins are yellowish.

Got my order of aquaculture food in, as had run out of 6mm pellets for the Jag.

He/ She was rather impressed, as the recent move had shocked it badly (going from hard as scheme water to rainwater and somehow crashing my bacteria).

It got her pattern nice and dark and instantly starting smashing the glass reflection.

I ordered some 3mm floating to try with Kevin and he is happily smashing them.

Cant wait for the growth rate to explode!

I also keep telling the other half I regret not getting 2.... she gives me the evils!

It turned up yesterday!!!!

Sent monday at 3pm, on doorstep 8:30am wednesday all the way out here.

No quarantine bill, $120 all in.  Pretty happy, but its pretty small.

Very impressed with livefish, as all the mucking about with a trip to perth to a LFS is avoided.

Will be using again.

Just ordered a leichardi from Livefish.com.au

120 with free shipping.

Putting this up here as others might want one too

Hi everyone.

Just joined up, though I may as well.  Ive had my 4x1x1.5 for 16 something years. 

Kept many cichlids over the years, as well as many other cool fish that I have now seen the prices of. I have had my pleco for like 14 years.

I currently have a few pacu, a Jag that is 28cm (this week) and has started smashing the suckerfish (he is like 42-3cm...) so have convinced the wife to get a bigger tank!!! Yay!

I'm picking up a second hand 7x2x2 tomorrow so pretty excited, and when funds permit I will do a DIY K2 filter.

Well that's me, hope to catch everyone around!