ooh ya. The first batch of fish took a few months or so for him to get them all. They kept breeding so I kept getting more and more til he got em all. Now they dont even stand a chance. I bought 12 the other week and all were gone withing 15min. He is now a true snapper and eats ANYTHING, he even got my hand a lil bit, scared the crap out of me. Only drew a lil blood:thm:
Judging through the glass and his snapping trying to get me, id say his shell is 4-4.5" across. He is still in his 20gallon from the start. I got a 55gal at my parents but I need to replace the bottom frame and re seal it before he goes in.
I used to keep baby snappers when i was younger, took forever to figure out that they only eat moving things (found out when it tried to eat my cat lol). I stopped when my last one disappeared (we think the cat got its revenge at last). Yours looks so cool, do u think it will recognize u when its bigger? That would be so cool.
My little snapper goes crazy for frozen turtle food. I also feed him guppies and crickets and waxworms, but the frozen food has lots of veggies, and bloodworms and shrimp.