i bought a p. dolloi last year and its weird how i feed it.
its still alive, and healthy its not eating as much as i would want, seeing its a little one and i want to avoid stunting it.
its around 15 inches now, and ive only ever seen him eat once or twice. i think he only ever does it when all the lights are off, like pitch black. Because i notice when i peep into the tank after a while of absolute dark, i see him swimming around apparently looking for food.
He doesnt really display the attitude of a P. aethiopicus that would eat anything that was in front of it, lights be damned. Basically the only way i know he eats now is that when the lights turn on the pellets are gone and the characteristic poops.
I saw a video about lungfish on how people would fish for them with coconut meat as bait, maybe im feeding it wrong? as far as i know theyre omnivorous and simply love snails and shrimp. Odd thing again, he wont touch frozen shrimp or any of the baby apple snails i put in with him.
anyone own a dolloi and had a similar experience? id love to know how and what you feed yours
its still alive, and healthy its not eating as much as i would want, seeing its a little one and i want to avoid stunting it.
its around 15 inches now, and ive only ever seen him eat once or twice. i think he only ever does it when all the lights are off, like pitch black. Because i notice when i peep into the tank after a while of absolute dark, i see him swimming around apparently looking for food.
He doesnt really display the attitude of a P. aethiopicus that would eat anything that was in front of it, lights be damned. Basically the only way i know he eats now is that when the lights turn on the pellets are gone and the characteristic poops.
I saw a video about lungfish on how people would fish for them with coconut meat as bait, maybe im feeding it wrong? as far as i know theyre omnivorous and simply love snails and shrimp. Odd thing again, he wont touch frozen shrimp or any of the baby apple snails i put in with him.
anyone own a dolloi and had a similar experience? id love to know how and what you feed yours
