As I've posted before my 16 baby dats would ONLY eat dried krill.
Well, I'm running out of krill and there's only a few tiny bits and pieces left, so a little while ago I decided to try some of the frozen foods I have again.
First I tried some glass worms, figuring they still wouldn't eat it. Nope, nothing, UNTIL the clown loaches decided to come up and start snarfing it down. The 5 little clown loaches went into a feeding frenzing swimming around frantically looking for each and every piece of food.
One of the dats noticed that they were eating everything and started swimming around with them and eating. I was surprised when he didn't spit any of it out
Some of the other dats noticed him eating with the clowns and decided to try it out. A lot of the dats still spit it out but some of them started eating it.
It seems like every time I put more in one more dat decided to eat some.
The smallest dats, which are the pickiest are even holding it in their mouth longer than they usually do with other foods. One of them swallowed the same piece and spit it out about 10 times, so I think he was at least considering it.
Next I tried some mysis shrimp and had the same effect. It wasn't as big a hit as the glass worms but I think that's partially because they weren't as hungry.
Hopefully now that some of them will eat something besides krill the other dats will start to catch on and I can slowly get them off of JUST krill.
I know dats learn from each other and if a few will eat something it will sometimes send the others into a feeding frenzy and they'll start eating it, but I hadn't even thought about the fact that if the clown loaches start eating something some of the dats might catch on. I hadn't tried anything besides krill since the clown loaches were added to the tank, so it's kind of a pleasant surprise and I figured I would share.
Well, I'm running out of krill and there's only a few tiny bits and pieces left, so a little while ago I decided to try some of the frozen foods I have again.
First I tried some glass worms, figuring they still wouldn't eat it. Nope, nothing, UNTIL the clown loaches decided to come up and start snarfing it down. The 5 little clown loaches went into a feeding frenzing swimming around frantically looking for each and every piece of food.
One of the dats noticed that they were eating everything and started swimming around with them and eating. I was surprised when he didn't spit any of it out
Some of the other dats noticed him eating with the clowns and decided to try it out. A lot of the dats still spit it out but some of them started eating it.
It seems like every time I put more in one more dat decided to eat some.
The smallest dats, which are the pickiest are even holding it in their mouth longer than they usually do with other foods. One of them swallowed the same piece and spit it out about 10 times, so I think he was at least considering it.
Next I tried some mysis shrimp and had the same effect. It wasn't as big a hit as the glass worms but I think that's partially because they weren't as hungry.
Hopefully now that some of them will eat something besides krill the other dats will start to catch on and I can slowly get them off of JUST krill.
I know dats learn from each other and if a few will eat something it will sometimes send the others into a feeding frenzy and they'll start eating it, but I hadn't even thought about the fact that if the clown loaches start eating something some of the dats might catch on. I hadn't tried anything besides krill since the clown loaches were added to the tank, so it's kind of a pleasant surprise and I figured I would share.