Silvers more skittish in captivity?

[ctoychik]

i think silvers mellow out as they grow. my three silvers do not do a mad rush for food. though i have not tried feeders in a long time. as for frogs they calmly 'pluck' frogs from the surface.

they then to feed more aggressively in my experience if they are hungry i.e. after a period of starving the first few morsels of food will be fought over but then feeding returns to normal

 

[BenSow]

how big is your tank?? your stock list is.. BIG...

my foot long arowana will go berserk and everything... when i drop a piece of prawn on the other side of the tank he swims fast to it and gulps it down madly... some times he's so fast that he missed the prawn...

 

[ctoychik]

i got several tanks ^^ here is a link to one of the videos http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=349055 you can also check out previous threads by me for photos and such

 

[Cybercyde]

What do our silvers do when there's a cricket in the tank? they lose their gracefulness and go berserk for the cricket... Can anyone explain this behavior?

More often than not, competition. Compare feeding time in a crowded african cichlid tank to an understocked setup. In the same way dither fish will bring shy fish out in the open, having other fish fighting for food seems to trigger the frenzy.

In the wild / huge tanks, they tend to have more time to stalk prey and line up the easy shot. Low expenditure of energy vs food.

Then again, some fish just like tear things up. (Even my pleco challenges convicts / dempsey once in a while. I just watched him steal a cricket right out of a dempsey's mouth. )

 

[BenSow]

More often than not, competition. Compare feeding time in a crowded african cichlid tank to an understocked setup. In the same way dither fish will bring shy fish out in the open, having other fish fighting for food seems to trigger the frenzy.

In the wild / huge tanks, they tend to have more time to stalk prey and line up the easy shot. Low expenditure of energy vs food.

Then again, some fish just like tear things up. (Even my pleco challenges convicts / dempsey once in a while. I just watched him steal a cricket right out of a dempsey's mouth. )

WOW impressive plec you got there...