Hand-fed, spoiled fish

[IKeepPacu]

I was given a nice 12" flowerhorn over the summer by someone on MFK. Thing about him is, he was apparently spoiled by his last owner. If i throw a handful of pellets into his tank, as we do with most fish, he wont touch even ONE SINGLE pellet.

I finally figured out he needs to be fed, literally, in a very specific way. i have to take one pellet at a time to the corner of the tank in my hand, and wait until he's almost vertical in the water, with his mouth at the surface to drop the food in 1 AT A TIME. this way, it takes about 5 minutes to get him to eat his usual 10 or so pellets a feeding. if i put in more than one, the second will float in the tank until i take it out.

anyone else have a fish, or seen one like this?? i almost find it funny, that like dogs, he has a specific place to eat, and wont eat anywhere else.

 

[frogman5]

haha thats funny tho

 

[lordofthejewsjr]

wow spoiled

 

[tcarswell]

Bizzare I bet it could be fun if you had the free time to do that but sometimes im on the run and just throw some shrimp, pellets, flake etc in the water and leave. I wouldnt have the time to go through that routine id talk to the previous owner and see if maybe theres something easier the fish will also participate with,

 

[benzjamin13]

Looks like the fish has you trained well.

 

[Druu]

My FH fry is the same. He'll let pellets float, hit them once and spit the mush out. I need to wait for him to come to his spot and he'll take em one or two at a time. Left front corner of the tank for mine.

 

[haynchinook334]

Looks like the fish has you trained well.

 

[chesterthehero]

Looks like the fish has you trained well.

yep

 

[tcarswell]

yep

Funny cause my dog trainer recently passed this advice to me about my dog having me trained

 

[Lupin]

Looks like the fish has you trained well.

Good point.