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What do you feed your Kubotai?
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:47 pm
by angelfish83
Now that I know I have a pair of screwily patterned polkadots, what's the ideal diet?
Right now they just eat whatever's around... shrimp pellets, algae wafers, bottom feeder wafers, the odd mysis shrimp... I cant get any friggin bloodworms now because I am without car and in the summer they thaw... SHoulda bought more in February...
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:56 pm
by mikev
They also like dried bloodworms.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:23 pm
by angelfish83
THey just float on the surface though and my tank is quite deep i dont think theyd get them
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:36 pm
by mikev
They probably would not mind coming to the surface for these, they do here.
Coming to the surface
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:24 pm
by QueenDustBunny
My B. Kubatai will come up to the surface straight away for the freeze-dried blood worms. They share their space with the rainbow shark and balas, but they will chase away the greedy barbs. I usually feed in the two front corners of the tank to avoid tangles. I hope this sheds some light for you.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:28 am
by angelfish83
I honestly dont think mine will- I only have 2 of them theyre kind of shy- I need more i just cant find any
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:27 am
by Wendie
My three get a bit of everything from flake food, to frozen brine shrimp, frozen blood worms, frozen daphnia, pellet food - a variety of that, zucchini, squash, etc. Keeps them busy.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:06 am
by mikev
angelfish83 wrote:I honestly dont think mine will-
Two possibilities:
1. They are not B.Kubotai, or perhaps not loaches at all (do they have barbels or scales?)
2. They are not in good health (they do move/swim occassionally, right?)
I have eight of them now, and the only one ever that rejected bloodworms in any form was a very weak loach (tapeworm infection), long ago cured. These guys are active feeders, they are even capable of pushing aside larger clowns or yoyos.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:11 am
by Wendie
Here's a shot of one of mine with the green squash. The others are darios and clowns
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:16 pm
by aquarioten.nl
i'm with mikev
if they don't eat they are dead of very ill...
i too have 8 and are always hungry of live of frozen foods. don't like vegeteble to much but will eat if they haven't ate for 2 days.
and the wil feed low high and mid regions in the tank.
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:11 pm
by diesel
Maybe a bigger pack will help?
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:25 pm
by Martin Thoene
Read
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:54 pm
by QueenDustBunny
Thank you for the link Martin. Reading Reading Reading