Just hand feed my 12" carapo!!!

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mudskipper

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My carapos are so shy, that if you turn on a light in another room, and you can see even an outline of them, they dart back into there cave. my 12" carapo's main cave is a flat piece of lace rock on the left hand of the tank, leaning twards the glass, so i could still see him. Last night at 1am we were both a little curious. I got out a bottle of omega one tubifex, softened it, took it to the entrence of the cave, blew it in side and wached him eat it!! the next cube, i actually kept the cube between by fingers and let him take it out. The third time, just for kicks, I pated him on the head! :D after that he was full. Is this a difficult fish to hand feed?
 
mudskipper said:
My carapos are so shy, that if you turn on a light in another room, and you can see even an outline of them, they dart back into there cave. my 12" carapo's main cave is a flat piece of lace rock on the left hand of the tank, leaning twards the glass, so i could still see him. Last night at 1am we were both a little curious. I got out a bottle of omega one tubifex, softened it, took it to the entrence of the cave, blew it in side and wached him eat it!! the next cube, i actually kept the cube between by fingers and let him take it out. The third time, just for kicks, I pated him on the head! :D after that he was full. Is this a difficult fish to hand feed?
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we need videos...
 
neoprodigy said:
we need videos...
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Go to www.XoticAquatix.com and check out the Video Gallery! It has quite a few videos of me hand-feeding Carapo Knives!

Once these guys get settled in, and learn what feeding time is, they become VERy active and personable!! Hand-eating and searching all over for food. My last batch of Carapos would learn that whenever I came in the fish room and flipped on the light that it was feeding time.. They would explore all over the tank until I fed them or shut off the light.. One of my favorite fish!
 
Congrats on handfeeding. You should try and get a video.
 
Miles said:
Go to www.XoticAquatix.com and check out the Video Gallery! It has quite a few videos of me hand-feeding Carapo Knives!

Once these guys get settled in, and learn what feeding time is, they become VERy active and personable!! Hand-eating and searching all over for food. My last batch of Carapos would learn that whenever I came in the fish room and flipped on the light that it was feeding time.. They would explore all over the tank until I fed them or shut off the light.. One of my favorite fish!
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cool! my goal is to lure them out of the cave they stay in . I think in the sumer, i will pick up set of red filtered lights. and use them along with the day lights
 
Congrats :)
 
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