Hand feed them or just toss food in. Wouldnt want them to dislocate or disfigure their jaws.
fishhead0103666’s fishroom
- Thread starter fishhead0103666
- Start date
The Siniperca obscura will have no problem eating shrimp falling or maybe even hand feeding but the Siniperca roulei, while still willing to eat the shrimp, are very hesitant and most of the time I have to circle te shrimp piece around them a few times as they think about it before they actually go for it so dropping it or hand feeding won’t work at the moment. I’m thinking abut trying actual tweezers since they’re so much slimmer and won’t make much of a difference when letting go of a piece of food unlike the tongs.
Well I was looking up some thing about saltwater fish and came across this neat thread https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/feeding-stick-for-eel.282868/ which mentioned using a bamboo skewer to target feed among other suggestions. It’s so simple I’m surprised I didn’t think of it. I’ll be trying the methods mentioned
Going to be getting some plecos and some invertebrates to experiment with tomorrow, stay tuned.
Unfortunate news, a second Siniperca roulei has died. This one was pleasantly plump however its jaws were all the way open so I’m not 100% sure why it died but the open jaws lead me to think that perhaps it tried to eat a piece of shrimp that was to large for it? Either way I’ll be tearing up the shrimp into finer pieces.
Sorry to hear about the losses
Any recent pictures of your remaining siniperca? Wes has some Sherzeri that I may pull the trigger on, but hard to find info on how these guys do in groups and how personable they are. Very cool fish!
Any recent pictures of your remaining siniperca? Wes has some Sherzeri that I may pull the trigger on, but hard to find info on how these guys do in groups and how personable they are. Very cool fish!
Hey yall, sorry about the lack of updates, been busy. Anyway this will just about be the final update regarding the Siniperca as I’m down to 1. The Siniperca roulei kept dying off one by one until I was left to only one while the Siniperca obscura stayed just fine. I recently had to go away for two weeks and I left a now ex friend in charge of doing the bare minimum maintenance which he assured me he would do. He didn’t do a single water change and only fed them once which resulted in all 6 Siniperca obscura dying leaving me with the lone Siniperca roulei of all 12 Sinipercas.
Over a thousand dollars spent and this is how it ends, I’m tempted to just give away the remaining one and shut the tank down and take another break for a few years now after this.
Oh yeah, the two new fish I got a while back is a l240 and a Royal pleco.
Over a thousand dollars spent and this is how it ends, I’m tempted to just give away the remaining one and shut the tank down and take another break for a few years now after this.
Oh yeah, the two new fish I got a while back is a l240 and a Royal pleco.
Sorry to hear about the Siniperca. That said, don't give up! That last roulei is clearly a fighter and you'll have a fish with one hell of a story if it pulls through.
Good taste in plecos, do be warned though that royals are organic woodchippers. I heard they go through wood like a beaver once large enough. Better start looking for your own driftwood if you want to keep yours happy without a huge price tag.
If memory serves, there was a post on PCF along the lines of "I once got stabbed by wood chips in my panaque's poop while cleaning the tank", which is the kind of injury that you can only get in this hobby.
Good taste in plecos, do be warned though that royals are organic woodchippers. I heard they go through wood like a beaver once large enough. Better start looking for your own driftwood if you want to keep yours happy without a huge price tag.
If memory serves, there was a post on PCF along the lines of "I once got stabbed by wood chips in my panaque's poop while cleaning the tank", which is the kind of injury that you can only get in this hobby.
Oh come on, one little set back like this isn’t going to get fishhead down for the count. A little bit of complaining and drama and I’m right as rain ready to keep treading on. After all, I can’t keep Wallace’s shoehead catfish if I take a break now can I?
Yeah it will continue on and I’ll get more Sinipercas later when I can. I refuse to give up on the roulei though.
