Re: NANFA-- Feeding Pickerell

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:36:20 -0400

And when he gets hungry enough, he's going to pick off your obeseus.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:26 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Feeding Pickerell

> I have a tank in the living room with a grass pickerell, two Enneacanthus
> obesus, an alligator gar, a bala shark, and two Asian bumblebee cats. I
> fed them freeze dried brineshrimp and bloodworms and Tetra cichlid sticks
> last night. I noticed some splashing and sat a watched for a while. The
> cichlids sticks were drifting at the surface in the current from the
> powerhead. The obesus were picking them off one by one. I noticed the
> pickerell seemed to be alert to the activity and scent of food. Then I
saw
> him hit a cichlid stick. He seemed to chew it up and let most of the
> particles come out his mouth and gill slits. The sticks soften rapidly in
> water. He repeated this behavior with several other sticks. Don't know
if
> he's getting any nutrition, but at least he's learning to take dry food!
>
>
> Mark Binkley
> Columbus Ohio USA <))><
> mbinkley_at_columbus.rr.com
>
>
>
>
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