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Peacock Bass owners......
DIR By: Dallas Cowboys
Date: May 15, 2011, 1:13 pm
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I currently own 2 PB's and they refuse to eat anything but
feeders.They are attacking my Irredesant shark,Lima
Shovelnose,TSN and S.D.'s,i rtefuse to keep running to the LFS
to buy feeders for them as i have no spare tank to keep
feeders.I have tried earthworms,smelt,raw shrimp,tilapia and
nothing seems to work.Ant suggestions would be greatly
appreceated,by the way i have owned these guys about 4 weeks
now. ???
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: IDLE0095
Date: May 15, 2011, 1:37 pm
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how big are they? what are the species as well? have you tired
frozen shrimp?
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: Dallas Cowboys
Date: May 15, 2011, 4:02 pm
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Mono's,man these guys dont eat anything but feeders(goldfish).
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: IDLE0095
Date: May 15, 2011, 4:31 pm
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my monos ate everything from tulipa to shrimp to sticks.
everything
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: Dallas Cowboys
Date: May 17, 2011, 4:59 pm
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Not mine.I am going to get rid of these guys.
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: IDLE0095
Date: May 17, 2011, 5:13 pm
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i loved mine.
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: mosthelpful
Date: May 26, 2011, 8:49 pm
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figured I'd post this over here as alot of people ask this
question, and this is what I do to convert my pbass off live
foods.
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Heres what to do to condition them:
--------------DO NOT THROW THE FEEDERS IN ALL AT ONCE! start to
feed them by throwing one feeder at at time....let the bass see
you in front of the tank and hold your hand right above the
water surface with the feeder....when you have their
attention..drop the feeder.....if they hit it immediately-great!
if not, wait untill they dispatch that feeder...eat it. then
repeat with every feeder....this is a little time consuming but
will condition them to hit whatever drops to the water.....after
a week of using this process the bass will come to the surface
awaiting you to drop the food and will hit the feeders with
tenacity!!!
-----------------once you've accomplished this...have some
freeze dried krill at hand....after approx 2 feeders drop a
krill in the tank....it will be hit! but dont be discouraged if
they spit it out....keep up the
process...feeder....krill....feeder....then cut back to dropping
krill only....they will take it. eventually they will nail the
krill just as they did with feeders...then you can continue the
cycle by trying other foods to see what they may prefer
better........and every so often give em some feeders to keep
them on their toes!! This is a fool-proof method of breaking
them of live food and it works.
good luck....and after they start hitting the surface...add a
mop to your aquarium supplies
Also...dont start too early...fatten them up until they are 6-7"
before converting them over, by this time they should be nice
and healthy and ready for other foods.
*Cichla properly converted feeding on thawed shrimp
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Re: Pea**** Bass owners......
DIR By: Alexwb22
Date: May 27, 2011, 7:52 am
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Good info there.
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