ya I think it might be better, more exercise. He swims the whole tank right now. He just goes against the glass sometimes and I'm worried it might hurt his barbels... Is this true?
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sodenoshirayuki;2691885; said:
Ive never heard that, its good except then youre saying asians and silvers are lazier than blacks and australians and we all know thats not true. Wow that doesnt sound very pc, but you get my point.
When did i EVER say that asians and silvers are lazier than blacks and jarsbadreverend;2695713; said:Ive never heard that, its good except then youre saying asians and silvers are lazier than blacks and australians and we all know thats not true. Wow that doesnt sound very pc, but you get my point.
sodenoshirayuki;2698118; said:When did i EVER say that asians and silvers are lazier than blacks and jars
You didnt say that they were lazier- but you said that drop eye could be be caused because captive aros dont need to hunt or look up for prey because they know we feed them and they can get it off the tank floor. Why dont you see jars leis and blacks with drop eye? Arent they eating the same things from the same places as asians and silvers in captivity? Thats why the goldfish causing fatty deposits behind the eye theory doesnt work for me. Where was drop eye 25 years ago when all aros were wild caught and the only thing any aro would eat was feeders? My opinion is that nonselective captive breeding has the biggest role,which explains why aussie and black aros are usually without dropeye.
I said SOME people think, not thats its true, and not that i believe in it. BTW i myself have yet to see DE on an asian but have seen tons of jars with DE. So i have no clue what you're saying when you say jars dont get DE.badreverend;2705295; said:
sodenoshirayuki;2691725; said:
not entirely true.... if you gut load the crickets prior to feeding them to your aro, you pass the nutrients directly to the fish. chop up a bunch of carrots or feed the crickets some sort of cricket nutrition, then wait 30-45 min b4 you feed them to your fish. they do however tend to get hooked on crickets, but as long as you keep a variety of foods he should be very quick to mash them up. my juvy jar has been on frozen beefheart/bloodwroms, crickets, and pellets since the day i took him home!
If you were to do that, might as well just feed krill. By feeding crickets carrots, you're only trying to pack it with carotene and carotene is easily found in krill. Why waste all that time plus a carrot when you can just use krill?marshdiesel;2707308; said:
