• Feeding of Helman.

  • Tara2761

People, please advise. I want to get 3-5 Helmanns. I want that many because I understand that some will inevitably pass away. I know that only one can be kept in the aquarium. If a couple remain, that would be great, as I have 2 aquariums. So the question is: should I put them all in the main tank together, or should I fatten them up in a separate tank? Or can I keep them in quarantine for a few days and then move them to the main tank? Thank you.

Melanie

Isn't it easier to negotiate with the supplier to pick up the already fattened and held fish rather than taking a chance on getting 3-5 fish?

Deborah2682

Who can we negotiate with like that? In Kyiv, there's one offer - $80 for the IP. Here, you can get (if there are any left) for $20. If there’s an offer for the fattened ones, I would gladly consider it.

Crystal

I bought 5 pieces. I will try to fatten them up.

Joseph9057

It's risky, but - buy a pipefish, let it acclimate for about 4-5 days. Give a little bit at a time. Live maggots, bloodworms.

Samuel6138

What should we stand for? Should we add a Sichyomov flavor enhancer?

Leah

In regular water. On the first day, you can add a couple of drops of milk (for a market portion of the bait). The wider and lower the tray, the better. I am not familiar with flavor enhancers. If they don't take from the water, try the feeder. Also, they don't always respond to a suspended feeder - it's better to load a 10-20 cc syringe with holes and place it on the bottom.

Jessica9188

Damn, they are chasing each other, I need to sell three, and I'll put two in different aquariums...

Joyce

Well, one must be chosen, a "victim," so to speak. And the other four can strengthen and gain weight during this time.

Courtney

it would be good like this...

Thomas

So how are your helmons feeling?

Leah

I have Helmanas in different aquariums. One of them has developed a spot on its nose. Could it be a bacterial infection? Should I take any action? I turned on the UV.

Jeffrey6189

Have you started eating?

Daniel132

And if we take ice cream moth and tubifex, will it work instead of live bait?

Jacob4800

I was fattening the moths with ice cream.

James5103

How did you introduce it, just throw it into the water?

Christopher

He was just throwing it. He didn't want to eat from the feeder, and in general, he didn't want to eat until the zebrasoma appeared. She was eating, and he joined her for company. That's how he got fattened up.

Cassandra1840

I understand, but that option won't work for me. I had a zebrasoma, but a month ago I introduced a magnifica, and it wiped out the entire aquarium in one day. The zebrasoma was almost tame, and there are no new ones for sale yet!

Jeremy8404

Helmon started eating moth ice cream, devouring it with gusto, eating nothing but moths. Should we be worried about this? Also, light bumps have appeared at the end of his tail.

Carrie1606

I have the same thing, one of the Helmans has the same issue.

Danielle

Try artemia, gammarus.

Christopher4125

The other pets in the aquarium are fed brine shrimp, but he doesn't even seem to notice it, as if he can't see it at all!

Emma

1. Gammarus. 2. Mix fresh unfrozen bloodworms with artemia and then freeze.

Martin3206

My fish see the artemia, take it in their mouths, chew it, but spit it out. I think I'll try fasting for a day or two and then try again.

Omar3497

It's too early. Let him eat what he wants for a week or two, and then we'll see what's in the freezer.

Tanya

Yesterday I did that, today I took it out of the freezer, threw it in, and there was no effect. The helmon eats the bloodworms, spits out the artemia, and the other fish eat the artemia.

James

On the second day of my stay, I immediately started eating frozen maggots; I didn't even look for live ones because I'm afraid of bringing in any infections. With frozen ones, I feel there are fewer chances of bringing in something extra. In general, I got two helmonas right away; one arrived in excellent condition, but it had some white bump on its tail, while I immediately realized that the other one had little chance since its fins were practically absent, it was very thin and all battered. All attempts to save it were unsuccessful, and on the fourth day, it passed away.

John3165

I bought 4 Helmonas with wheels from Marchenkov, threw them all into a 360L aquarium. After 3 days, relationship issues started. The result: two battered, two intact. I separated the battered ones into different aquariums and left the couple together. Everyone is eating, and the couple has been living together for the second month, soul to soul.

Danielle

Apparently, there are no problems when a female and a male come together.

Laura9093

that was the intention

William

But how to distinguish them? The idea is interesting.

Eric8832

it is impossible to distinguish, just in a flock a pair separates, driving everyone away from themselves

David953

I fed two helminths with streptocephalus. The last one - bypassing the tubeworm.

John3335

I received the last Helman in October, and he hadn't eaten anything and was also scared of his own shadow. I fattened him up with well-aged tubifex, and he devoured it for a week, getting better and better each day. Realizing that this wasn't his food and that I needed to stop with the tubifex, I got a new fish by that time, a pair of Hypatodus, and added them to his tank. Those guys ate everything from day one, and he started to try it too, initially reluctantly, but he took to frozen small artemia and became less skittish. After the quarantine, I distributed them among the aquariums.