Rope/reed Fish

[lilfishie]

Came home with 3 lovely reedfish today, i must admit a bit of an impulse buy but i had been planning some. Currently there in a 35Gal with my Bettas until i upgrade after xmas, the tank is tight fitted, no gaps of anysize heavily planted with plenty of hidy holes, so far they seem happy

anyway just wondered whats best for a stable diet?

the tank gets bloodworm weekly, the rest of the fish get fed daily on various pellets/flakes

i hear they like ther emeat some am guessing meat based pellets would be best? any recommendations?

Totally love them already i want more

 

[shi24137]

would love to see a picture!!! Never seem reed fish before

 

[creeker]

I always fed them live or frozen Blackworms and Bloodworms. They might bother your Betta, especially at night when the Betta rests on the bottom. Found this youtube..........

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Pdk-L9iEw

 

[Hunterprey]

I was kinda thinking the same thing. Wont they prey on the Bettas @ night? Anyway good luck on them. I saw some @ my LFS but decided to get Polypterus Bichirs instead

 

[lilfishie]

they'd have a job eating my girls there a good 3"+ and all nice and fat, the reedfish are about 1cm thick

so feeding once a week will be ok? or should i start feeding bloodworm twice weekly now?

 

[nmonks]

Ropefish feed primarily on worms, insect larvae and small crustaceans. While they might eat a very small fish like a male guppy, I'd have thought an adult betta would be reasonably safe.

In any event, a variety of small live, fresh, and wet-frozen foods will be required. Ropefish are quite large and will need reasonably generous daily feeding to stay healthy. Well-fed specimens look slightly plump around the abdomen. A nightly portion would be slightly less than the size of their head. Good foods include bloodworms, small earthworms, krill, chopped cockles, and chopped cod or tilapia. Foods that can be used sparingly (because they contain thiaminase) include chopped prawn or shrimp, chopped mussel, and chopped squid (not all squid contains thiaminase, but it's unlikely you or I could tell by looking!). Foods with thiaminase shouldn't be used more than twice a week.

Ropefish feed at night. They don't normally eat pellets, flake or freeze-dried foods. They are not good at competing for food, so apart, perhaps, from gobies and spiny eels, I wouldn't keep them with any bottom feeders, especially loaches and catfish.

Cheers, Neale

 

[lilfishie]

Thanks for that Neale

reckon i can safely get feed them seperate from the cories there in with there already very friendly with me and swim around my hand so should be able to get them hand feeding will definately give them a nice variety of the foods you've listed

Thanks again

 

[nmonks]

Glad to help!

Tame ropefish sound fun pets; good luck!

Cheers, Neale