Scleromystax barbatus juveniles - feeding enough?
Posted: 23 Dec 2024, 16:07
I have recently got some Scleromystax barbatus. They're currently in quarantine and eating well but they still seem to have pretty flat stomachs. They're not looking unhealthy IMO but I thought I was spoiling them with granular food and chopped bloodworm and was expecting nice round bellies.
But now I'm beginning to wonder if Scleromystax ever get that and I should be happy with how they currently look. The biggest are between 4 and 5cm long, the smallest a little over 2.5cm.
In the photo above the one under the one hovering off the bottom facing right is the most rotund and one of only a few that has a convex belly at all. The rest are all flat, none look concave to me and a worry.
As juveniles should I be feeding more often so they are grazing regularly instead of 2 bigger feeds a day?
But now I'm beginning to wonder if Scleromystax ever get that and I should be happy with how they currently look. The biggest are between 4 and 5cm long, the smallest a little over 2.5cm.
In the photo above the one under the one hovering off the bottom facing right is the most rotund and one of only a few that has a convex belly at all. The rest are all flat, none look concave to me and a worry.
As juveniles should I be feeding more often so they are grazing regularly instead of 2 bigger feeds a day?