feeding a fahaka

[lesleyanndunn]

at what stage do you stop feeding a fahaka every day?
mine is about 7", and hes fed every day and miss one day a week

at what size do you stop feeding every day, and feed couple times a week?

[FADE2BLACK_1973]

Mine is about the same size as yours now. I don't know the answer but I do know that I do not over feed my fahaka like I have seen many people doing out of enjoyment. I seen a extremely over weight large fahaka the other day in a video. I thought it looked really odd looking, only a mother would love..lol. I feed mine once a day but only enough to fill him and not the way of making him look like he is going to burst. He let's me know when he is full.

[lesleyanndunn]

mine would eat until he looked like a basketball
but like you, i feed until i think hes had enough

if i feel like i've overfed him
i would not feed him the next day, and he would wait until the following day.
other days, i feed lightly.
hes very active, and not overweight at all.
i wouldnt jepordise his health just to see how much he can eat in one go!

[FADE2BLACK_1973]

Yeah I like to see a well fed fahaka but still kinda hold that stream lined look. But Im sure it's hard to keep them like that forever...lol.

[Pufferpunk]

I'd feed one that size, every other day. He's gonna be mad...!

[lesleyanndunn]

I'd feed one that size, every other day. He's gonna be mad...!

I'm already getting dirty looks from him, as I didnt feed him today
it's going to be hard not to feed him every day, but I thought he was looking a bit podgy, so thats why I asked on here

[mshill90]

The ultimate question is how do you know when he's had enough for a meal?

The other day I fed my Fahaka (14") 2 pieces of large market shrimp, and he still wanted more...

[Pufferpunk]

Filbert (12") can eat 3.

[HGI]

Hapi is only around the 4inch mark and gets fed every 2nd day, fish can go a long time with out food and can be easily over fed.

[FADE2BLACK_1973]

Stripes, my fahaka is about 7" total lenth. He always wanting to be fed so I feed him a small mount of food about every other day and then a good mount of food the other few days. When he slows down eating and with a kinda well rounded belly, I hold back afterwards.

[carlov2004]

i still feed every day he'd get mad if i didn't

[geronimo69]

I feed mine (about 8") every other day. This isn't always every second day. Sometimes he'll go 2 or even 3 days with food, then the same without. I like to change his eating pattern. In the wild, there's no way they have a set time or amount to eat. They eat what they find, when they can find it. Mine will eat 1-2 small mussels on the shell or a small handful (maybe 10-12 pellets) and 3-4 snails in one sitting. If he gets a crayfish, it's usually just 1 if it's a full grown adult. I'll toss the occassional cherry shrimp in for a snack also.