Experiment gone wrong?

[Barday]

Ok here goes!

My mum was just about to cook us all dinner tonight and I noticed she was gonna cook some salmon steaks.

Well can you see where this is going yet?

Well, I thought I'd do a little experiment, so I chopped it up realy finely and put it in one of my tanks. For a bit the fish didn't touch it........I was expecting the balas to go crazy over it.......but no. A couple of guppies had a bit, so did the mollie, corrys and adf, but other than that it remained untouched.

I took it out after about 1/2 hour but It left some oil on the top. Will this be bad for the fish? Also was this really as good an idea as I thought?

 

[WILDER]

Just float some kitchen paper in the tank that will soakl the grease up, I tried my fish with tuna once and the fancy goldfish wouldn't touch it, they looked at me to say this is fish, we don't touch real fish, and they were acting weird.

 

[fishman 1]

Hi to you both,

I feed a variety of foods. Some are more readily taken than others. Some require a little persistance to get them to eat it.
I have found prawns and crab sticks are a good meaty food. I prepare it as to the size of fish is being fed. Young fish have frozen crabstick very finely chopped. Why frozen crab stick I hear you ask. The reason is because it is easier to chop extremely fine when frozen. By the time you have chopped it up and got your hood up on the tank it has thawed. This does not necessarily mean you have to feed a whole crab stick in one feed. Chop a little off if you only have say the one tank to feed and put it back in the freezer.
I use cooked prawn for my preditory goby and cichlids and catfish. I just break it into pieces depending on the fish size. Again these are prepared prawns like you would have in a prawn cocktail (peeled). I wash them under the tap too before using them. These can also be frozen and thawed as necessary under the tap. I do find that the fish prefer fresh rather than after they have been frozen. It seems to loose some of the prawns flesh after being frozen.
I also use worms too. A white worm culture for young fish, but you have to be carefull as it is high in fat.
I also use dendrabena earth worms (spelling might not be exactly right). These are for my larger fish. You can chop them up but I must confess this is horrible to do and sends shivers down my spine. Yuck.
I use frozen foods too such as frozen bloodworm, daphnia and newly hatched brine shrimp. Occasionally I will get a bag of live food if something is being difficult to feed.
I also use dry foods to as I feel it is better to have your fish to have a varied diet.
My fish also have sliced cucumber, letuce, peas and sliced potato. It is amazing what fish actually like the cucumber. I have heard rumors in the past that the seeds in the middle (that always go first) can help to de-worm the fish. I am unsure whether this is true or not. Either way the fish like it and it is very good for baby bristlenose catfish. Pelvicachromis pulcher (kribs) and uaru amphiacanthoides (uaru or triangle cichlid) seem to really like it alot too.
The main rules to remember are not to over feed. If they do leave food, do like you did and remove it. Try to keep the food a little varied too.
I would of done exactly the same as Wilder with the kitchen roll to remove the surface film. It works a treat.

Cheers dudes

 

[Barday]

Thanks for the replies all, Good idea with the paper towel, worked a treat!

Fishman - Your fish are on a better diet than most humans!