morf Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 For some reason after 6 months of reliably taking sinking tablets, and cucmber etc, my clowns have taken a fancy to floating daphnia. the daphnia is the frozen "live" food type As soon as it hits the water all of them are up there taking it off the surface. they are not starving, but they are so boisterous and eager they scare the quieter fish away anyone else have this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMemonic Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Ours are the same with blood worms, I guess its a bit like us humans if there is a choice between chocolate biscuits and plain water crackers, most would take the chocolate biscuits even if it meant we had to climb up to a higher shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Love the analogy JMemonic :lol: Can you not drop a little at both ends of the tank? Might give the others a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 My skunk loach happily feeds from the surface. Although this is in part driven by me not being very good about keeping the bottom feeders well fed (and the fact that the bristlenose monopolises anything that hits the bottom). Splitting the food works. I drop one half in at the usual place and wait for the boisterous fish to go for it (i.e. about five seconds). Once they are happily occupied drop the other half in at the other end of the tank. The fish that are holding back will then get a chance with the new lot. Failing that, just use food that disperses quickly (mix the frozen food with warm water to melt it and make it slushy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachy Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Yea i have the same problem i feed my fish ox heart and raw prawn, my c loaches always come to the top and seem to scare my b tiger away, so much for him being the boss. I decided to sell my loaches last week, not because i dont like them, because they were starting to annoy my b tiger, its a shame cause they were nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 thnx peeps just checking mine weren't a daft variety of clown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 They aren't called clowns for nothing :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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