Dumb question of the day....feeding brevis.

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What's the secret? Every time they see ANY movement from me they all run in their shells and hide for 5 minutes. If I drop cichid pellets in the tank, they just sink to the bottom unseen by the fish...and I don't see them pecking at the sand looking for food at any time (the cory ends up finding it). If I put flakes in the tank, none of them go high enough to see them (and haven't really gone after the sinking pieces). They've only been in the tank for 2 days.....do they become less paranoid over time, or will these fish always hide when they see someone? Just wondering.

BTW, their territory battles are mesmerizing. Within 10 minutes of being in the tank, they were already squaring off and claiming shells. I've rearranged them a bit this morning to separate the clusters a bit....and seem to have found a "happy" medium as the battles are less frequent now. The tank is in my office at my work place.......I might have to set me up another brevis tank at home after watching these guys. :D :D Now....if I could only figure out a way to feed them. :p
 
My ocellatus were like that at first... very shy and defensive over thier shells so they wouldn't venture much. Once they get hungry enough they will begin to come out. They dont really sift the sand though, thats for sure. They are more of a predetory fish, and if they see movement on the sand then they will go for it.

I feed mine flakes, and i put the flake in the output of the filter so it is pushed into the mid-tank region. The fish now come out before i even put the flakes in, and they hover over to the filter output to await dinner.

If your still having trouble getting them to eat try frozen brine or mysis, or live if you can. That should stiumulate thier appetites, but dont feed too much. They are not very big fish! hehehe

;)
-Diana
 
~*LuvMyKribs*~ said:
live if you can. That should stiumulate thier appetites, but dont feed too much. They are not very big fish! hehehe

;)
-Diana
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I'll try to find some live brine (or at least frozen) this weekend. At least I now know there is SOME hope they won't dart in their shells every other second some time in the future.
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Mine eat any and everything. Hunger is a powerful motivator. They also tend to be sensitive to movement, noise and vibration so they may take a while to settle. Another thing that you could do is add dither fish such as danios to let them know its alright to come out.
 
qtaquaman said:
Another thing that you could do is add dither fish such as danios to let them know its alright to come out.
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That was going to be a question for another thread....what have other people successfully put in their brevis tanks? :D I want to add a few fish that would fill in the top of the tank.....the whole thing looks like a barren wasteland right now. I was thinking neons, or some other tetra.......but I haven't done enough reseach yet to see if they can handle the high PH values of the brevis tank. Lots to read about tonight for sure.
 
Forget the tetras altogether, as samerican fishes they like netral to an acidic ph. White clouds or danios are all I can think would work. If instead of a dither fish you could go with a sydontis cat sp.?
 
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