peacock bass and tank size?
hello, i just got a brand new 60-75 g tank with 3 1.1inch peacock bass i think there either mono or ocilles pbass. I hope that tank could last them a while. i have a 450G tank but its filled with snakeheads and huge jardinis. what do p-bass crave and love to eat so they grow faster?
*HUGE QUESTION: what kind of enviornment do they like? the one i made for them has live and fake plants and african wood and plenty of hiding spots. (for some reason they still dont move around they stick right next to the heater for hours)
TYVM for ure great responces!
If the Cichla are Ocellarus,your 450 will not be large enough. I believe the World record is around 38 pounds. These guys are pursuit predators,meaning, they lock on to their prey and chase it until it’s caught. I caught a few of these in the Amazon and as a game fish they are very exciting. As an aquarium specimen they are not without their problems, voracious appetites,large tank requirements and a generally boisterous attitude just for starters. There’s a fellow in Chicago that keeps a few in a 900 gallon tank,that seems to do pretty well,you might try getting in touch with "The Greater Chicago Cichlid Association". The guy’s name was Milo as I dimly recall.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Well Normally live feeders will make Large fish grow faster,
I have seen oscars Be 2 inches and grow 8 inches in 3 months, But i wouldnt stick to an all live food diet, i would switch to pellets more often then feeders.
The problem is that you may not have the heater to hott and there getting warm and suffering shock, what i would do is turn the heater up and your environment sounds fine , pBasses love wood
-C T-
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October 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Most people who keep Pbass have their own feeder tank setups because these fish are such eating machines. But with you only having a 60-75 gallon tank I wouldn’t not try to power feed them. I answered your question almost a week ago before getting these fish and advised you against getting them till you had a larger tank, but now you say you have a large one with snakeheads, so I don’t know what the deal is, but I feel sorry for the bass you got, they are going to have a crummy life in that small tank, plus if you put them with the snake heads they may get torn up (I have seen snakeheads eat bass before).
MFK
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
If the Cichla are Ocellarus,your 450 will not be large enough. I believe the World record is around 38 pounds. These guys are pursuit predators,meaning, they lock on to their prey and chase it until it’s caught. I caught a few of these in the Amazon and as a game fish they are very exciting. As an aquarium specimen they are not without their problems, voracious appetites,large tank requirements and a generally boisterous attitude just for starters. There’s a fellow in Chicago that keeps a few in a 900 gallon tank,that seems to do pretty well,you might try getting in touch with "The Greater Chicago Cichlid Association". The guy’s name was Milo as I dimly recall.
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
WHAT THE HECK! did I not tell you that you CANNOT buy a peacock bass? as for what they eat, you have to wean them off live foods, but after that they crave ANYTHING.
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