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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:01 pm
So, every fish species has it's favorite snack, some even have individual preferences.
With my comets it's sweet peas and tubifex.
The large female loves sweet peas most, she will get downright aggressive at times to get as much as she can.
The male loves tubifex most, somehow it actually seems to work as some sort of aphrodisiac on him, since he will continuously try to mate the two females after eating it.
The smaller female doesn't really have a distinct preference as far as I know.
Flakes for Discussion:
So, what's your fish's favorite?
What food alters your fishes behavior?
Which snack do you prefer giving your fish and why?
Is tubifex a common 'fish aphrodisiac', or is my Shylock just a weird one?
Edit: I've decided to make a list of fish snacks so people can look it up and easily pick out a snack for their fish.
I'm putting the usernames behind the food so you can see how many people have had similar experiences.
Edit: The Legend
Green; Food with positive feedback only, and/or something that's healthy for the fish.
Orange; Food with contradicting feedback, or something that may be unhealthy.
Red; Food with negative feedback, or stuff that's unhealthy.
Bottomfeeders & Algae-eaters
Loaches
Snails - Super Goo
Mudskipper
Crickets - Bubblegum Eternity
Bloodworms - Bubblegum Eternity
Krill - Bubblegum Eternity
FLAKEFOOD scream - Bubblegum Eternity
Otto, Otocinclus
Lettuce - -part time ninja-
Carps & Barbs & Danios:
Goldfish
Cooked Skinless Peas - Ta Lu, Irrlich, Sobbing Starlight
Tubifex - Irrlich
Banana?! - Irrlich
Super Soft Spirulina pellets - Sobbing Starlight
Super Soft Krill pellets - Sobbing Starlight
Broccoli - Irrlich
Chocolate confused - Irrlich
Zebra Danio
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Ciclids:
Convicts
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Broccoli Flower Buds - Fallaryn
Skinless Peas - Fallaryn
Labyrinth fish:
Betta Splendis
Endler fry - Super Goo
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Gouramis
Flies - Super Goo
Livebreeders:
Guppy
Brine Shrimp - -part time ninja-
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Platies
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Sailfin Mollie
Boiled Salad Greens (Lettuce & Spinach) - Bubblegum Eternity
Cooked Skinless Peas - Bubblegum Eternity
Tetras:
Neon Tetras
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Broccoli - Irrlich
Gold Tetra
Bloodworm - Fallaryn
Others:
Dwarf Pea Puffers
Frozen Brine Shrimp - Bubblegum Eternity
Killifish
Anything? - Bubblegum Eternity
Frozen Brine Shrimp - Bubblegum Eternity
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:09 pm
my fishy that just died was a keen lover of peas. I use to skin it and mush it up and feed it. The little guy would zoom around the tank chasing after the larger peices.
I really hope that's not what caused it to get sick... sad
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:38 am
Aww, my sincerest condolences sad
Ive never heard of golds getting sick from peas though.
They were cooked right?
I often get angry at my dad when he tries to feed my fish live ants, I'm so afraid the ant would bite the fish's insides and cause an infection or something.
Thank goodness the golds seem to know what's good for them and don't bother with the ants.
It does give me annoying extra cleaning work. stare
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:03 pm
And,
I just figured out my fish like chocolate.... eek
Is it even a good idea to give them that?
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:19 am
My Bettas all go crazy over teeny Endler babies, my loaches are nuts for snails, and my Gouramis love flies.
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:43 pm
Awww, poor endlers XD
I had always wanted a few, just to try my hand at them.
Though come to think of it, my Labeos used to love small male guppies.
My gouramies never got a taste for flies, they would just kill them and leave it there, even the small ones.
My angels did like them though.
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:07 pm
Irrlich Aww, my sincerest condolences sad Ive never heard of golds getting sick from peas though. They were cooked right? I often get angry at my dad when he tries to feed my fish live ants, I'm so afraid the ant would bite the fish's insides and cause an infection or something. Thank goodness the golds seem to know what's good for them and don't bother with the ants. It does give me annoying extra cleaning work. stare yes they were. Ants? Why is he trying to feed them ants? I dont know about chocolate...how did you figure that out? You drop your bar in there or something?
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:17 am
I think his thought probably go along the lines of; fish eat bugs, ants are bugs, fish eat ants. sweatdrop
I'm sure some fish wouldn't mind a small ant, but in my opinion you do not give a gold one of those ants flying ants, you know, the yellow ones with a stinger? >.<
Actually, I just dumped a small piece of chocolate ice cream in on a whim sweatdrop
They love ice cubes, and pearently they don't mind ice cubes with a flavor XD
I guess I just put too much weirdness in there. I've even tried to see what they think of lemon juice once. redface
Maybe I'm not the best fish owner sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:54 pm
I'm afraid to put the food I eat into the tank. I don't want my fish to die, since I'm still a beginner of fish care.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:53 am
My oto's like lettuce, and my guppies are crazy for brine shrimp.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:25 am
Thanks for the lettuce.
I've heard a lot of people seem to have problems with keeping their Ottos from starving.
I've never kept them myself though, so i wouldn't know.
Do you breed the brine shrimps yourself?
I remember doing that for a while, but it's such a hassle >.<
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:59 am
The following fish of mine will literally DEVOUR frozen bloodworms:
Guppies
Neon tetras
Gold tetras
Zebra danios
Orange platies
Gray Mickey-mouse platies
Bettas
Convict cichlids (I got rid of them a week ago)
I also came to discover that Convicts can and will eat the little green balls that come from broccoli, along with crushed peas (minus the skin--choking hazard).
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:53 pm
0-0 I wonder if comets can eat the little round tops of broccoli. You cook the broccoli too?
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:57 pm
Thanks for the input Fallaryn biggrin
You got rid of the convicts? Why though?
Oh and I tried the broccoli thing with my golds yesterday.
But they weren't exactly thrilled.
They ate it once they realized that that was dinner for the day, but they were much more exited with the daily flakes.
I wonder if they're like spoiled kids.... =/
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