I'd guess the gar. That armatus looks to be ~7", and gars are notoriously bitey against anything thats silvery and oval shaped. Your gar is I'd guess a good bit bigger, and may be a bit nippy.
Well you're educated guess about the sizes were right on the $!I'd guess the gar. That armatus looks to be ~7", and gars are notoriously bitey against anything thats silvery and oval shaped. Your gar is I'd guess a good bit bigger, and may be a bit nippy.
The car was rehomed last night thankfully. It was getting more and more aggressive.My red tailed Payara has the same injury but is eating wel again now. I assume in my case its my asian aro being a dick as I have seen it chase it a couple of times and it did the same with my armatus last month which didnt recover. Funny enough my two gars arent interested in and dont ever go near the Payara.
Be careful how many Rosie’s you feed, thiamise is a real killer, silversides I would also be cautious with as some of the lipids in saltwater fish I notice characins have trouble digesting. Would recommend guppies, mollies, or other livebearers if you are feeding live fish.The car was rehomed last night thankfully. It was getting more and more aggressive.
The vampire ate 2 rosy red minnows. First I tried silversides but ignored it.
It's starting to school with my one redtail brycon. Thinking of grabbing another brycon.
I'll keep a close eye on the injury to its upper lip.
Good info thx. I knew about gold fish but didn't know about minnows.Be careful how many Rosie’s you feed, thiamise is a real killer, silversides I would also be cautious with as some of the lipids in saltwater fish I notice characins have trouble digesting. Would recommend guppies, mollies, or other livebearers if you are feeding live fish.
as for frozen if you can find mini frozen gobies or climbing perch at your local asiam market those would be my two options.
when I had my scromb I would catch mosquito fish and QT them to feed him for pretty much free.
I haven’t had armatus in the past, so I’m not sure how aggressive they are with food, for my scromb I had to have minnows in his tank for him to constantly snack on or he would get rail thin as he was constantly swimming in the current. as he’s growing I would probably do at least once a day, of course gage by your own fish. But I find almost all predatory characins are very active and benefit from multiple feedings a day, look at large payara in the wild vs those in captivity. Wild ones almost look fat compared to their captive counterparts.Good info thx. I knew about gold fish but didn't know about minnows.
How often should I be feeding him? So it had the two minnows yesterday. I was thinking to try to starve it for a couple of days and try to give it some shrimp or something else. I may need to start a new post about how to feed it