Crap! I was hoping that they would have a super nice guitar shop in there.evilxyardxgnome;1268572; said:
It looks like that Pima has grown a ton lately!!!! He looks amazing, the coloration
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It looks like that Pima has grown a ton lately!!!! He looks amazing, the coloration
hey zoodiver do u have any techniques to train ure pimas to eat dead food? do u handfeed ure pimas or just throw the food inside the tank?? mine is about 12 inches atm. how long b4 it gets to 30++''??? thanks 
I switch mine to dead stuff asap. If you get them eating something well live (small fish etc...) give them a couple of days fasting, then offer them fresh killed of the same type of fish. Once they get that, you can start offering them the same thing but frozen/thawed out. They'll usually take it then. Takes about 3 or 4 weeks at the longest. Feel free to fast them a few days at the time to get their hunger going. I wouldn't leave a little one like that hungery for more than three days though if he doesn't start to take the food.TLkmDN;1288200; said:hey zoodiver do u have any techniques to train ure pimas to eat dead food? do u handfeed ure pimas or just throw the food inside the tank?? mine is about 12 inches atm. how long b4 it gets to 30++''??? thanks
Once they switch to prepared food, you can get them on a mixed diet by mixing in new foods with the foods they eat already.
They are very smart fish. If you feed them in the same spot at the same time, they'll learn. The one we have here knows his primary keepers and will eat better from them than others who might help feed. He knows work uniform shirts vs regular street clothes as well (we have bright orange work shirts that can be seen easily from the water). Once they get used to divers and the idea of eating from you hand, they tend to do ok with it. I'd never think of one as 'tame' by anymeans. A sub adult can kill you just as easy as you can tie your shoe.
wow i am so envious of you!
you seriously have the coolest job in the world.
i pay money to feed my fish... you get payed to feed yours!!! how awesome is that...
you seriously have the coolest job in the world.
i pay money to feed my fish... you get payed to feed yours!!! how awesome is that...
But what you don't see is the 80 hour weeks, bloody fingers, wet fish juice soaked shoes, paperwork bordom and my personal favorite......
"other duties as assigned"...
...... like this time of the year, we do a dive as Scuba Santa and Scuba Elf. ANd with my small build, I get stuck as the Elf (at least for today).
Anyone who is in the area... Sat at 5:00PM and Tues at 1:30PM unitl Christmas Eve we are in the water dressed this way.
"other duties as assigned"...
...... like this time of the year, we do a dive as Scuba Santa and Scuba Elf. ANd with my small build, I get stuck as the Elf (at least for today).
Anyone who is in the area... Sat at 5:00PM and Tues at 1:30PM unitl Christmas Eve we are in the water dressed this way.
