Mark Otnes
Fargo ND
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Orange spotted Sunfish not eating
> My orangespotteds have always been aggressive eaters, even taking flake
food
> from day one. Have you tried feeding them in dim light, without any tank
> lights on?
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >From: John Bongiovanni <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >Subject: NANFA-- Orange spotted Sunfish not eating
> >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:25:02 -0500
> >
> >I have a pair of Orangespotted Sunfish I collected a couple weekends
back
> >with Rob Denkaus et. al. during the Texas Nanfa/NFC weekend. I've been
> >dropping blood worms, tubifex, and flake food into the 55 gal tank but I
> >haven't really seen the O Sunfish eating. They are much less agressive
> >eaters than the other mid and toplevel fish in the tank. I have an
> >assortment of shiners, fundulus, platies (a compromise with the Mrs.) and
a
> >too big Siamese Algae eater. They will take food into their mouths and
> >then spit it out shortly. Are they typically timid fish and with all the
> >activity around them, they won't complete their meal?
> >
> >BTW I do have to get pretty creatve to make sure that blood worms get to
> >the bottom for the darters and madtoms.
> >
> >
> >John
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