[Richard]

Thanks for the tips, Altaaffe. I’m going to look around for white worms. I just fed them bbs which is what they seem to get most excited about. And they are showing more interest in the Omega One flake. They are odd, though, in that they eat some of the bits incuding some of the bbs and spit out other bits.

And they are also getting bolder. They panic when I first approach, but they are soon out again. I think all is going to be well.

Cheers.

[Richard]

Hello Ted and Celestial Dude – Nice to meet you.

I do have high hopes that they will become accustomed to me and not be quite so shy. After all, watching our fish is one of the pleasures. And they do come out when I am sitting still by their tank. I want to keep just them and the L. ommatas in this tank, but if necessary I’ll get some kind of dither fish in there.

I feed frozen bloodworm to all my fish but I usually chop them up first – while they are still frozen. I have learned to only chop as much as I will use for that feeding. Otherwise, the “blood” seems to drain from them. That is, overnight they get real pale, so I wonder if they have lost nutritional value.

Tonight, two of the CPDs took food from the surface, perhaps encouraged by the ommatas who do feed at the surface some times. . But most of them waited until I sank the food. By the way, Ted, one way I sink food is to take a pinch of it and put my fingers under water before I release the food. That sinks it right away.

Ted, I am hoping that I am going to be able to pull the scrawny ones through – in fact I see them eat more often than the others. I think the rest scavenge the tank after all the food has sunk. The one with the rocking horse gait is far more stable today.

And time for me to eat now.

Cheers.

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