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[eleven]

I would like to know what the members on this forum feed their pseudas. I'm trying to find that certain food that will make them come out of hiding. Can you guys also include how often you feed them? Thanks.

[lyh]

Bro maybe you want to let them know what have you been feeding? Hikari Carni is one of the fav here. :D

[chilicrabz]

I would like to know what the members on this forum feed their pseudas. I'm trying to find that certain food that will make them come out of hiding. Can you guys also include how often you feed them? Thanks.


I believe ur pseudas are quite small, rite???
The only way to get them out to feed, is to feed their favorite food.
To find out, u gotta try a series of different feed to see which they prefer most. Of cos when they 1st tried new stuff, they tend to reject it.No worries, it take times for them to adjust their diet.

Moreover, they are more of a " monkey see monkey do" kind of fish. Unless that particular fish is suspected of sickness. To them, in a comm, they gotta fight for their food ration, thats their way of survival in the tank. When 1 fish start to feed, telling others that " Hey, the food is tasty", the rest will start to follow. If the fish is staying all by himself in the tank, he will tend to have small appetite, cos its all his, he can take his time to finish them slowly.

On the other hand, they are nocturnal fishes. They feed in the night or in the day with little light source. If u have very strong lighting, most of the time, they will go hiding. In natural, amazon river are not brightly lit, they prefer to have a little of light source. The only way that i used is to cover my top tank with newspaper, allowing little light source to pass through. I will adjust the amount of lighting into the tank, for my viewing pleasure. In time to come, they will know that when there are lighting, its meal time.

I will feed them once every night in small amount, or once every 2 days, depending on the water clarity. If they are left hungry in my tank, most of them will suffer bite marks and torn fins. A hungry man is always a angry man.

If u are keeping a pure pseuda comm, i would suggest u go for a series of meaty, high protein diet, not to the extend of using a regular diet of Marine food. I have included carni pellet, massivour, JBL discus, saki goldfish purple as their main diet. Remember, not to overfeed them.

[Edmundo]

I would like to know what the members on this forum feed their pseudas. I'm trying to find that certain food that will make them come out of hiding. Can you guys also include how often you feed them? Thanks.

i throw in anything that sinks............ becos it is a comm and they are stable so they feed steadily, even floating pellet can lure some of the greedy fellow up to the top........... :)

[eleven]

For the last year and a half that I have had them, I've been feeding at night when I get home from work. What I feed them includes: frozed bloodworms, beefheart, cut market shrimp, carnivorous pellets mady by tetra, hikari, hbh, and others.

I guess I have to try other things. I only keep pseudas and the one acanthicus that range from 4 to 9 inches. And I hardly keep the lights on. I just wanted to know what other kind of foods you guys were feeding your fish.

[Edmundo]

For the last year and a half that I have had them, I've been feeding at night when I get home from work. What I feed them includes: frozed bloodworms, beefheart, cut market shrimp, carnivorous pellets mady by tetra, hikari, hbh, and others.

I guess I have to try other things. I only keep pseudas and the one acanthicus that range from 4 to 9 inches. And I hardly keep the lights on. I just wanted to know what other kind of foods you guys were feeding your fish.

Pseudas are bold in nature i would say......since u dun turn on lite, why didnt they come out to feed? possible to ur h0w ur tank setup look like? :)

[eleven]

Thanks guys for the advice. Where I'm from, there are plenty of pleco addicts, but not the pseudas types. If you guys know anybody here in the us, please hook me up.

I haven't tried the hikari massivore yet, so I'll keep a look out for that. I'll also try to look for jbl discus also.

Could the reason for them being shy is that my pseudas are still juvies compared to everyones fish? I did place a lot of driftwood on the bottom of the tank to make them feel secure. And the light almost always off, is for them cause they are my prize fish. The tank is 180 gallons. 6 feet by 2 feet base. There are 3-L114's (which you guys have to remind me that I have to post pics), an L160, and the L155.

The fish I have in there aren't picking on them. I have clown loaches, a flagtail, bala sharks, and silver dollars. I have noticed that my L160 has been out from under his piece of wood more often. It's probably just a waiting game. I just want to see my fish. Any suggestions?

[chilicrabz]

Thanks guys for the advice. Where I'm from, there are plenty of pleco addicts, but not the pseudas types. If you guys know anybody here in the us, please hook me up.

I haven't tried the hikari massivore yet, so I'll keep a look out for that. I'll also try to look for jbl discus also.

Could the reason for them being shy is that my pseudas are still juvies compared to everyones fish? I did place a lot of driftwood on the bottom of the tank to make them feel secure. And the light almost always off, is for them cause they are my prize fish. The tank is 180 gallons. 6 feet by 2 feet base. There are 3-L114's (which you guys have to remind me that I have to post pics), an L160, and the L155.

The fish I have in there aren't picking on them. I have clown loaches, a flagtail, bala sharks, and silver dollars. I have noticed that my L160 has been out from under his piece of wood more often. It's probably just a waiting game. I just want to see my fish. Any suggestions?

Why not get some bigger specimens?? U definitely see ur fishes. Otherwise, when u feed ur fishes, try not to stand too close to the tank. Be a little further. Could u imagine people staring at u, when u are eating???

Furthermore, could it be ur no-light-source, results in u, cant see ur fishes, when they are trying to get out???

I would suggest u to off ur lights most of the time, during feeding time, switched on ur lights, with partial brightness so tat u can see ur fishes and stand slightly further away. Sometimes, when we wan to see them eat, they just refuse to come out. Yet, when we give up watching them, they will tend to come out feasting.

[eleven]

You know what chili, I will try that. I was thinking about it before, but I assumed that my other fish (non-plecos) will eat the food before they get a chance to come out.

And by the way, I try to get indirect sunlight to shine through the tank. The tank is near my patio door, and I position the blinds to reflect the sunlight into my tank so that it's not pitch dark in my tank. My wife (not by marriage, but by heart) and my daughter always leave the lights on in the house anyway.

Thanks chili! I'll try to train them by turning on the light and then place the food in. Hope it works.

[chilicrabz]

u r welcome.
Hope to hear some good news for u k.
Enjoyz