Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Steve, my plan was to feed them as much as possible from the get go so I am taking the food bill in stride. I might have to cut back a little to help improve water quality but for right now it's full steam ahead. In a total surprise, I noticed last night that there's a female starting to drop her vent so no reason to hold back on feeding now. I know the filters are gonna come around in a week or two so I'll deal with the cloudy water till then.

[thedude]

By all means. My last was mostly for some of the other posters.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Oh right

... and I did order since if that HBH spirulina soft pellets. They are already eating it, so that's a good sign.

[thedude]

Oh right

... and I did order since if that HBH spirulina soft pellets. They are already eating it, so that's a good sign.

Yeah, they don't like it as much as some other stuff but it's a real healthy staple to have in the mix. The shrimp is good for what yer tryin' to do but moving it to a frequent treat might not be a bad goal once you get their condition lookin' like you want it. It will give them some awful dirty poop but, more importantly, their guts just ain't designed for that much meat. I have fed a lot of it to fatten and as a treat once in a while...no health issues that I could tell so far. Still, not sure it's wise to keep it up indifinately.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

I'm not too worried about it since shrimp is mostly water. I think the issues start when you feed cooked shrimp because the protein structure changes with heat.

Yes, staple will be a mix of New Era, Dainichi and HBH, with shrimp, krill and shrimp mix supplementation

[New2petro]

Those BG's are getting huge Sunny. Keep up the good work. I checked this thread because I have not been on for a couple of days. I am glad that all is going well. Are you still dosing the with meds or is the treatment over.

[SunnyHouTX]

Last week of treatment going on now. There are still two fish that only eat certain foods, but what-the-hey, they'll come around. Thanks for the kind words.

[SunnyHouTX]

Water is still boo-boo what here's a quick look after rocks went in:

[johnnymisty]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Rocks look good in there how they doing now

Johnny

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Thanks Johnny, so far so good

[thecichlidsplace]

Water is still boo-boo what here's a quick look after rocks went in:

AWESOME .....I've a bunch of trophs I will trade you for the BG...lmao...you're doing a great deed.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Thanks Rene. I'm gonna predict breeding in the next 3 - 4 weeks, give or take. The male I got from thedude and the big male that came from you threw down the gauntlet yesterday and the former is not the dominant male. He has been shaking at a couple of females specifically so the next few weeks will really be interesting.

[thecichlidsplace]

sweet. Post more vids, I love vids...lol...

[newb]

Dude fish look great but the rocks aren't doing it for me. That's a big deep tank so your gonna need some big tall rocks. Hit me up, I can find you some bigger stones.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Petrochromis sp Blue Giant

Dude fish look great but the rocks aren't doing it for me. That's a big deep tank so your gonna need some big tall rocks. Hit me up, I can find you some bigger stones.

Man, I agree but I don't want to put anything in there that I can't take out myself in a pinch. If you know of some rocks that are huge and light, let's deal. Pm coming your way