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I keep multiple, multiple predator tanks. Feeding can be a challenge as is, feeding live gets even trickier, and fuzzies are a pita. In general, fuzzies are insatiable, so monitoring your intake is very important. I lost a fuzzy to bloat due to overeating and then realized that a fuzzy just will not stop eating, their eyes are bigger than their stomach. Most other fish I keep will actually stop eating when they are full, that's why it is also important to feed smaller food items.
The red is the one I lost to bloat, the yellow is with my rhino, and I just added my baby fuzzy with a blackfoot and a yellow spot scorp. I use a rigid stick to manage feeding, when a particular fish seems to eating too much, I simply push him away with the stick. When i'm trying to allow a specific fish to catch more food, I'll use the stick to guard the area. Yellow fuzzy, forget it, I have to use a net, he will bulldoze right through the stick and eat food right out of the rhino's mouth.
I was concerned to put my itty bitty fuzzy in the blackfoot's tank, the blackfoot is a very efficient hunter. In just 2 months, the itty bitty went from under 2" to over 2.5"; still the blackfoot is double his size. i wasn't concerned about the blackfoot eating him, i was concerned of him out competing him for food. What a joke, the fuzzy is a beast, he has no problem blowing up a t feeding time. I wonder how long it will be before I have to manage the little fuzzy from out competing the rest of the tank.
No other lion, or scorp I've ever kept, comes close to relentless pursuit of food that comes from a fuzzy.
The red is the one I lost to bloat, the yellow is with my rhino, and I just added my baby fuzzy with a blackfoot and a yellow spot scorp. I use a rigid stick to manage feeding, when a particular fish seems to eating too much, I simply push him away with the stick. When i'm trying to allow a specific fish to catch more food, I'll use the stick to guard the area. Yellow fuzzy, forget it, I have to use a net, he will bulldoze right through the stick and eat food right out of the rhino's mouth.
I was concerned to put my itty bitty fuzzy in the blackfoot's tank, the blackfoot is a very efficient hunter. In just 2 months, the itty bitty went from under 2" to over 2.5"; still the blackfoot is double his size. i wasn't concerned about the blackfoot eating him, i was concerned of him out competing him for food. What a joke, the fuzzy is a beast, he has no problem blowing up a t feeding time. I wonder how long it will be before I have to manage the little fuzzy from out competing the rest of the tank.
No other lion, or scorp I've ever kept, comes close to relentless pursuit of food that comes from a fuzzy.