When I got my moke my lfs had to keep him for about 2 weeks before I had time to go get him. He was 5-6 inches and super skinny. They said he was active and seemed healthy when I went in to get him, and he was. They also said they had not seen him eat except for live black worms which they feed very sparingly, like once a week and only with finicky eaters. So I thought great hes not gonna eat and black worms are hard to find on a regular basis. I brought him home on an off feed day so he cruised the tank all day checking everything out and everyone. The next day he was piled up with all the other polys and when I fed I used the carnivore pellets, he gobbled them right up. He doubled his girth in 2 weeks! I usually only feed carnivore pellets every other feeding but I fed those every time for those two weeks. He doesn't like any of the pellets I feed but will eat a couple if that's all there is. He sits there in the middle of the tank looking at me like ummm you forgot something SIR! When he realizes its not coming he'll eat a couple pellets and go into hiding. If you are going to feed those with the little guys in there make sure to break them up into 3-4 smaller pieces. My moke likes smaller bits too but I do it for the small guys I don't want them to choke or work to hard to eat. So in synopsis Feed something stinky or wiggly, and I think decorations ,hiding spots help in general health and happiness of our polys.
that's an amazing story! I like that your moke stares at you and eats the pellets secretly.
Mine managed to eat tilapia. Rejected the frozen thawed tilapia, but ate fresh. Albino will eat anything and has the typical CB appetite. had to hand feed the Delhezi, but it ate. yay!!! Like the idea of feeding stinky things, maybe that's why they ate the raw tilapia.
spent 3.5 hours rearranging like 10-15 rocks in the maintank, but then ended up getting scared that it would crack the glass, so I took most of them out
. Still trying to figure out how to make the main tank more interesting, but also poly friendly so the moke can turn around. was 40ppm nitrates AFTER a water change...so did fin level WC today. Want to get the parrots looking good(or rehomed) before adding the poly party. Don't want to chance getting the polys sick.
Changed water on the poly tank, there was 1ppm ammonia after having them in it for 5 days! QT is not cycled. since they are in there for a bit, I added some black sand, rock, and a marimo moss ball. Going to be much more diligent with the water testing.
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they really like the heater.....did some weeksii-nine planking too
Wanted to add more things in there, because I found them like this......lol. They needed more things to play with. SO MUCH ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES!!!!
after adding the sand and a WC:
will have to figure out how to add some black or darker sand on top or mixed into the main tank to keep the greens.
Full treatment tank shot:
