xenon240
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I have a XB and SR from Theo and Kenta's GO from July 17. They both have grown at least an inch since then. I would also be interested to hear updates from others that were in on this order.
I have raised Silver and RTG's but this is the first XB and SR for me. For those new to the ARO hobby I would suggest starting out with RTG's, they are more outgoing fish and hearty appetites. My SR and XB on the other hand were very shy and hard to feed when I first got them. They would not touch pellets and would barely take fresh shrimp, so I resorted to feeder fish for a few weeks. I then tried going back to shrimp and had to hang shrimp on the edge of the tank, they would not eat if I was in the same room. Now two months after, they are finally eating heartily on fresh shrimp and will eat when I drop the shrimp in the tank. You definitely need to be patient with these higher end AROs.
When I got them, I had to temporarily house them in the same tank (thought it should be OK as I had my Silver and RTG in the same tank with no problems), but this turned out to be a big mistake. If you remember, the SR's on the July 17 order were huge about 8 inches and the XB's were only a small 5-6 inches. The SR fought with the XB one night and he lost about 10 scales. they are now in separate tanks.
I've included some pictures, one of before and the others are recent.
I have raised Silver and RTG's but this is the first XB and SR for me. For those new to the ARO hobby I would suggest starting out with RTG's, they are more outgoing fish and hearty appetites. My SR and XB on the other hand were very shy and hard to feed when I first got them. They would not touch pellets and would barely take fresh shrimp, so I resorted to feeder fish for a few weeks. I then tried going back to shrimp and had to hang shrimp on the edge of the tank, they would not eat if I was in the same room. Now two months after, they are finally eating heartily on fresh shrimp and will eat when I drop the shrimp in the tank. You definitely need to be patient with these higher end AROs.
When I got them, I had to temporarily house them in the same tank (thought it should be OK as I had my Silver and RTG in the same tank with no problems), but this turned out to be a big mistake. If you remember, the SR's on the July 17 order were huge about 8 inches and the XB's were only a small 5-6 inches. The SR fought with the XB one night and he lost about 10 scales. they are now in separate tanks.
I've included some pictures, one of before and the others are recent.