What are ways in which you guys sink floating food. Frontosas usually prefer to eat from the bottom, and they rarely go up at the surface. I've gotten all these floating food variety, but i'm having a hard time making them sink to the bottom. I tried soaking them prior to putting them in the tank, and no solution.
sinking floating food
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buy sinking pellets man. They do make them, hikari makes cichlid bio gold in a sinking pellet. Try something along those lines. those fronts should love that!
Massivore delite is a inking pellet also, I use it and fish are eating it up. If first they spit it out they will take it, just keep trying.
Floating pellets are made for a reason. To FLOAT. When they start sinking they are waterlogged, soggy, and then break apart. This in turn makes a mess in your tank. no fun. This is your hobby, go the extra mile and buy the food for the fish you have. Maybe once they start eating the sinking stuff, the fish will see the floaters at the top and become interested. I've seen it happen before.
megalops///;3855862; said:
That is my experience. I feed floaters to my blood parrot tank. All the inhabitants in there have no problem with the floating food. But when I got my Silver Dollars in my new tank they were really shy at first and hung out hiding in caves and plants and also are housed with a catfish. I didn't want to get all different types of food for one tank but I wanted my fish to eat!
What I did was buy a small container of sinking pellets mix them in a baggie with the floaters. Shake em up real good.. Then when I feed both tanks they get a mix of sinkers AND floaters and they just learned to go up and eat the floating pellets too. Food is food! Once the fish know when feeding time is, they will eat whatever is around.
If you are using Hikari what you can do is just break the pellets and they will sink. I did this for my golds (Wakins) when they were small. One reason was I was able to get the large pellet at a steal of a price. The other was I was making my own fish food at the time.
You just need to break the pellets, not crush them. Shake out the dust - it just adds detrius to your tank. It's best to make a lot at one time, repackage it and you're good to go for a while.
When you're done go get sinking pellets. A Koi breeder told me that they intentionally use both.
You just need to break the pellets, not crush them. Shake out the dust - it just adds detrius to your tank. It's best to make a lot at one time, repackage it and you're good to go for a while.
When you're done go get sinking pellets. A Koi breeder told me that they intentionally use both.
Buckdog;3856905; said:
Thanks a bunch, will try that.
bob965;3855877; said:
I plan on buying sinking pellets after i make use of these. I have 6 packages that i would like to put to use. Keep the smartcrap to yourself
Thanks for the idea, but frontosas are prone to getting float from taking in air at the surface, hence the need to sink food.iloveyouDIE;3855873; said:
megalops///;3855862; said:
I do know why floating pellets are labeled "FLOAT". I don't want them to eat from the surface anyway. They are known to get float, causing them to die young. I want sunken food for a reason not because I'm cheap. If i got 6 packages of food, why not use them ? This is a DIY forum isn't it? As much ideas as this forum comes up, i figured there may be individuals who have found ways to sink their foods.