polystigma feeding

[lereg15]

I recently acquired a polystigma that was just fed cichlid pellets. What else can I feed them to get rid of it's monotonous diet?

 

[lereg15]

anybody? There has to be something else they eat?

 

[scholar]

What kind ofa fish is it? I have not heard of it!

 

[lereg15]

The latin name for it is nimbochromis polystigma. They live in Lake Malawi.

 

[Makino]

Polystigma's are large predatory fish. They actually hunt by lying on it's side and playing dead, consuming fish that get too close. Also hunts in packs. Found this list of foods on another site:

Live fish
Tubifex
Aquatic insects, insect larvae
Earthworms
Large flakes
Chopped meat
Pellets.

 

[scholar]

You can add shrimp and guppies if you rais ethe guppies yourself. So it will be disease free.