14 striata loaches+roast salmon==Higgs Boson.

Alaskancorydoras · Post by **Alaskancorydoras** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:40 am

I was originally supposed to be "loach sitting" 6 loaches for a friend while he cycled up his 40b tank. Unfortunately for him, by the time his tank was cycled up, the loaches were so comfortable in my tank we couldn't bear to seperate them. Thus 14 striata loaches in my tank.

So I was playing Sword of the Stars earlier (An excellent space 4x, btw.) and eating some fresh roasted salmon (An alaskan specialty) and I wondered if any of my fish would be interested in some. . . so I crumbled a tiny bit up and dropped it in with the striata.

[b][i]ZOOM![/i][/b] suddenly there are 14 loaches occupying the space of one single loach. I didn't actually see any of them move, more like they quantum tunneled directly to the source of the delicious smell. I swear, I saw several loaches coinhabit the same space while trying to get their shot at the salmon. Who needs a half trillion dollars of super-collider when a medium sized tank and some roasted salmon will produce the same results?

Unfortunately though, I saw the Blue flash. . . and thus this will likely be my last post. . . sadly there isn't enough water in my tank to protect me from the spray of rare subatomic particles created by the mass of writhing, indeterminately located fish. . . Hopefully they didn't produce a strangelet or true vacuum in their energetic reaction or else the rest of the world will share my fate!

palaeodave · Post by **palaeodave** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:49 pm

chefkeith · Post by **chefkeith** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:16 pm

Too funny. Salmon is good stuff. I feed my clowns some seafood almost everyday. They probably eat better than most people.

FishyLady · Post by **FishyLady** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:31 pm

chefkeith wrote: Salmon is good stuff. I feed my clowns some seafood almost everyday.

If you gave them salmon, would you cook it first?

Val

chefkeith · Post by **chefkeith** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:09 pm

FishyLady wrote:If you gave them salmon, would you cook it first?
Val

I usually don't cook the seafood. I give it to them raw, but they will probably eat it however you give it to them. (Shimp is usually precooked though)
I usually get bags of frozen tilapia, cod, or cocktail shrimp from the grocery store when they are on sale. Every night, I just grab what I need out othe freezer. I thaw it by running it under warm/hot water for about a minute. Then I chop it up and feed it to the fish.

KhuliKhilla · Post by **KhuliKhilla** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:11 pm

made me chuckle

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:17 pm

Thanks for the giggle.

Alaskancorydoras · Post by **Alaskancorydoras** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:57 am

Obviously my taste in humor runs to "highbrow nerd" (Yes, there is such a thing!)

So today I introduced my loaches to turkey. This was their reply: [quote]*click* CLICK *cLiCk* cLICK *CLICK* clickity click click *!CLICK!*[/quote]
For those that don't have a Lol-Morse to english translator, it translates to this:
[quote]OMG OMNOM!!! MOAR!!! OMNOMNOM!! GIBS ME MOAR MAI PRECIOUS! OMGLOL![/quote]

BotiaMaximus · Post by **BotiaMaximus** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:39 am

Alaskancorydoras wrote:So today I introduced my loaches to turkey.

Would that be the winged type wild turkey or the missing soon to be ex Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin type turkey?

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:09 am

i'm a bit funny on what i feed my fish, salmon is an oily fish that i stay well clear of, but i have used certain fish like hake, seabass, cod, coley and most of the shellfish.
meats i don't use as it would'nt be a natural food which might cause problems with the health of the fish, as has been proved with feeding beefheart to discus, it shortened the life and also put excess fats around the heart and other internal organs.

mick

Alaskancorydoras · Post by **Alaskancorydoras** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:06 pm

You feed your fish cod, but not salmon because salmon is Oily? Must be atlantic salmon, since I've never encountered oily pacific salmon. Especially fresh caught. . .

And turkey is one of the lowest fat meats you can get. . . I doubt it would contribute more fat to the fish than any of the prepared foods I feed them.

FishyLady · Post by **FishyLady** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:54 pm

chefkeith wrote: I usually don't cook the seafood. I give it to them raw, but they will probably eat it however you give it to them. (Shimp is usually precooked though)
I usually get bags of frozen tilapia, cod, or cocktail shrimp from the grocery store when they are on sale. Every night, I just grab what I need out othe freezer. I thaw it by running it under warm/hot water for about a minute. Then I chop it up and feed it to the fish.

Do the Boesmani rainbows eat this as well?

Val

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:28 pm

Alaskancorydoras wrote:Obviously my taste in humor runs to "highbrow nerd" (Yes, there is such a thing!)

Obviously we all know there is such a thing, since we're giggling right along with you.

I like your translation too for all of us who understand Click!

Alaskancorydoras · Post by **Alaskancorydoras** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:58 pm

My 'bows ate both the salmon and the turkey. Was amusing to watch them suck a string of turkey in, then spit the whole thing out, and repeat until it was worn down enough to swallow. Silly narrow throated fish.

My 90 gallon tank has 5 clown loaches, a ton of corycats, and about 30 various rainbows, including 17 praecox.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:59 pm

it is the pacific slmon i was talking about, in the other salmons we only get them in tins.
once a beefheart has been stripped as far as the eye can tell you won't see any fats at all, i used to do my own mixes when i kept discus and being an ex butcher i stripped my own hearts but since seeing the pics of dissected discus i won't do it any more.
whether the turkey is low in fats or not, it's not a food they would come across in nature so i wouldn't feed it to my fish.

mick

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