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04-18-2005, 12:38 AM
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African Rope Fish
Im having trouble gettin mine to eat. i've tried frozen and live blood worms. i dont want them to starve to death. what should i try?
I bought them saturday and its now sunday night. i havent seen them eat. i know they are nocturnal. but in the morning the food is still there.
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04-18-2005, 01:56 AM
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Try frozen mysid shrimp or small, live earthworms (all 8 of mine love these two menu items). How large are your ropefish? Do not worry overmuch yet....a mature or semi-mature ropefish can usually go a week or more without food before they suffer any ill effects.
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04-18-2005, 02:04 AM
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Try earthworms and other fresh seafood like muscles, cockles, prawns etc ...
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04-18-2005, 02:21 AM
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one rope is 8 inches and the other is 9.5 still babies. im going to try frozen shrimp then. One of them is looking very weak. im gonna keep checking up on him through the night. if he doesnt make it then i'll go to petco and get another one. but i dont want to have to do that.
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04-18-2005, 02:28 AM
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Sometimes they do not ship well, and I haven't seen a lot in PetCos/PetsMarts/etc that looked all that great.....keep an eye on them.
NB: I have observed that most of my Polypteridae are not particularly fond of seafood beyond shrimp.
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04-18-2005, 09:39 AM
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It's still early too, they still are most likely stressed from shipping
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04-18-2005, 01:14 PM
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I agree with Toirtis' suggestions and will add another to try. I'm surprised they haven't eaten the bloodworms because those are my rope fish's favorites. You can also try bite-sized pieces of beef heart. My Polypterids seem to enjoy the stuff immensely (though it probably isn't good as a regular food item and I feed it only occasionally). Also like Toirtis....I haven't found my Polypterids to be particularly fond of seafood other than shrimp...which most of them will gorge themselves on.
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04-18-2005, 02:41 PM
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well. one of them has passed.
 so im gonna go to petco and see if i can get one as a replacement and get some of those shrimp. Now i heard that they can survive several hours out of water... is that true?
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04-18-2005, 02:44 PM
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Hope it works out
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