I have found that single species tanks don't seem to be too aggressive at feeding time. I had a tank of 6 Oscars and they would eat calm and casual and in some kind of pecking order that they determined. I had another tank of tropical groupies and they ate like it was the apocalypse every time the lids where opened. No food in the water yet and they where going to town. I currently have a tank of feeder gold fish and they will frenzy just because someone is walking by the tank.
tea time in the aquarium
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my snakeheads eat so manically they quite often bite each other by accident, they have no problem jumping up out the water for it either. they eat every couple of days and are generally chilled but when food hits the water they go mental, i now spread pellets across the top, and prawn and stuff i drop/ throw a single bit in at a time in different places till i have seen them all have a bit.
they also don't understand being full so have to watch their bellies as you can get carried away feeding them.
they also don't understand being full so have to watch their bellies as you can get carried away feeding them.
Before anyone says anything about keeping Koi in ponds....I know.
But holey gut busting Batman!
THAT FISH EAT!!!!
And not just algae waffers and large amounts of fresh peas....
that fish eat everything that drops int he tank....including other fish small enough to fit in its gullet!!
But holey gut busting Batman!
THAT FISH EAT!!!!
And not just algae waffers and large amounts of fresh peas....
that fish eat everything that drops int he tank....including other fish small enough to fit in its gullet!!
+1 for oscars. Mine would jump at the glass cover as soon as i got anywhere near the tank, feeding or not.
Also the SDs i got now are no joke come feeding time. They eat everything. They're always the first to eat and that's with an arowana, dats, and bichirs as tankmates. They don't eat as much but they're no pushover for food.
Also the SDs i got now are no joke come feeding time. They eat everything. They're always the first to eat and that's with an arowana, dats, and bichirs as tankmates. They don't eat as much but they're no pushover for food.
Oscars have been the greediest for me. They'll eat until they physically cannot fit anymore food into their mouths.
Silver dollars are also very greedy. When you have a group of 6, absolutely no food will hit the floor. Makes it fun trying to get food to my raphael catfish.
The clown loaches have learnt to feed from the surface luckily
Silver dollars are also very greedy. When you have a group of 6, absolutely no food will hit the floor. Makes it fun trying to get food to my raphael catfish.
The clown loaches have learnt to feed from the surface luckily
