Jewel feeding?

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Wigglesworth

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Mar 30, 2009
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I picked up 2 jewels only a couple of days ago, and they're settling into their new 20g home, but feeding time has me confused. Are they bottom feeders by nature? Because when I open the lid and put the spectrum pellets in, they look at me like I just fell out of a well. It floats there and they ignore it, until it starts to sink and then they go into a feeding frenzy on the food. Is this normal?
 
I think it's normal. Mine did it in the beginning and once they got used to food staying at the surface for a while they go straight for it.
 
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