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Side-effect of having a fry tank on your desk.
By lomelindi from the preoccupied department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:42:17 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

They grow up so fast... sniff My fry's first experience with tubifex worms.

Just for fun, I put a tiny corner of a freeze-dried tubifex worm cube into the fry tank today. I didn't know what to expect, but these guys turning into miniature sharks.. that wasn't it. There's no way they'll finish it, so I'm only leaving it in there for a while, but... it seems those worms are just the right size for their tiny mouths, and I imagine somehow that the floating clump will mentally stimulate them. Variety.

The three that normally feed at the top of the tank are just going wild, including the biggest first-born I've gotten so attached to. I just love watching them get an end in their mouth and go into throes of... guppy-anger? and tear it apart a little at a time.

The two normal bottom-feeders wander up and down a bit. I still haven't found the sixth little guy, but I guess one dead fry in a tank won't foul it too badly. The little guy was just swimming bones anyway.

I think this'll be a once-in-a-blue-moon treat for them, though. Everything in moderation.

...

I wonder if they'd like smooshed up cucumber. *schemes*

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Side-effect of having a fry tank on your desk. | 2 comments (2 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Side-effect of having a fry tank on your desk. (none / 0) (#1)
by maggie1270 on Fri Jul 29, 2005 at 07:25:44 AM PST

Speaking of veggies, try using a crushed up pea here and there. I've also bought frozen BBS (baby brine shrimp) and they go nuts over that as well. I think someone else here has mentioned feeding them a zuchini ring.
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Re: Side-effect of having a fry tank on your desk. (none / 0) (#2)
by miskairal on Fri Jul 29, 2005 at 11:17:58 PM PST

And Hikari sinking carnivore pellets are great for our entertainment too :)
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Side-effect of having a fry tank on your desk. | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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