Feeding Wafers

LogJam

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• Jun 25, 2005

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Hello All:

Normally I feed flake to my fish, but decided to give 2 wafers for my corys to eat, so they don't wait for the leftovers. Most of my fish ignore the wafers (the corys love 'em!), but my three Gold Barbs go nuts for them! They will wrestle eat other for them. Sometimes, one will pick one up in its mouth and carry it to the other side of the tank so the other Gold Barbs don't eat it, then another will take it and do the same thing! Its very interesting to watch!

Kind Regards,
LogJam

 

led_zeppelin

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• Jun 25, 2005

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sounds like my tank, i give them for my pleco, but my gouramis,platy, and senegal bichir go after them so i have to put 2 in the tank so the pleco gets one.

 

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• Jun 25, 2005

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any herbivore will eat algae wafers This would include mollys. bala sharks, platys, lots of tetras and many other commomly kept fish.

 

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• Jun 26, 2005

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my dwarf gouramis love them. 1 will actually tower over it and chace the other fish away. so that changed my feeding habits. i do my normal feeding, then at night when the lights go off i drop in the wafer. on occasion i'll use a flashlight to see if its actually my pleco whos getting it

 

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• Jun 26, 2005

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my clowns eat them but they wate till they soften into lil chunks and starts nubbleing on them...i guess there not crazy over it?

 

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• Jun 26, 2005

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all of my fish do the same thing, it is funny , my blackskirt tertas are usually the one to grab one and swim off with it

 

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• Jun 26, 2005

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the kuhli and clown loaches will wrestle over them, and then the pleco comes along and chases them all off...I drop several in that I break up into 3-4 pieces so everyone gets some. I try to drop a whole one by the pleco. It's an interesting show to watch!

 

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• Jun 26, 2005

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Nursie what do you feed your loaches and how much, to be get them to wrestle over the wafers like that?

 

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• Jun 27, 2005

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Hikari Algae wafers...I break up 4 for the 3 clowns and 3 kuhlis. There is plenty for each to have their own..I don't want them to fight and get hurt, but they seem to have a preference for whatever the other one is eating. I have seen them bypass a piece of wafer and go after one that someone else is eating. I feed once a day, and figure that they can scavenge for the leftovers untill I feed them again.