Blacknose Dace
#1 Guest_dsaavedra_*
Posted 10 February 2009 - 07:34 PM
i got a can of small fresh river shrimp from Petco, and these dace just go crazy over these shrimp. they will come shooting from the other side of the tank when i put a shrimp in the tank. if i have a shrimp between the jaws of my grippers (feeding my bottom dwelling fish), they will start attacking the grippers trying to get the shrimp!
this is my biggest dace after he just consumed 3 whole shrimp. for some reason, when these dace eat a lot, it REALLY shows. none of my other fish appear this fat after a meal.
#2 Guest_jblaylock_*
Posted 10 February 2009 - 09:26 PM
#5 Guest_jblaylock_*
Posted 10 February 2009 - 10:00 PM
#7 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 14 February 2009 - 06:38 PM
Out of a half dozen from last spring, I'm down to one. Each of the others turning up crispy on the floor. Bad odds considering they have to aim for a gap in the cover about an inch wide.
#8 Guest_UncleWillie_*
Posted 14 February 2009 - 07:10 PM
They are very bad about leaping out of the tank - they seem to manage to find the smallest of gaps and jump.
However, I have noticed that all of the jumping is when I keep them in a tank with little to no current. When I decided to start another tank with BND, I added a powerhead. The tank is open-top with only a light strip. I have had 10 for about 4 months now with only one leaper. I luckily came in the door and saw it on the ground and it's skin was very dry and sticky. I held it lightly in front of the powerhead for about a minute so it could get some oxygen and orient itself. I then let it go and it laid on the bottom for about 30 minutes then was back to normal. They are amazingly hardy little guys. They were my first native fish I ever kept in aquaria, and now years later I still love them.
#9
Posted 14 February 2009 - 11:39 PM
I luckily came in the door and saw it on the ground and it's skin was very dry and sticky. I held it lightly in front of the powerhead for about a minute so it could get some oxygen and orient itself. I then let it go and it laid on the bottom for about 30 minutes then was back to normal. They are amazingly hardy little guys. They were my first native fish I ever kept in aquaria, and now years later I still love them.
I have a similar story... found a jumper on the floor (carpet lint, and dog hair on him)... held him upright in the water... gave him the hotwheels treatment (imagine vroom vroom through the water... sort of the ram jet approach)... and he began to hold himself upright... lived for several more years... my daughter called him "lint fish" from then on... He even colored up later... got that great rusty orange color and got all territorial and everything.
#10 Guest_andyavram_*
Posted 15 February 2009 - 10:14 AM
Andy
#11 Guest_jblaylock_*
Posted 16 February 2009 - 11:32 AM
Makes me wonder if Juveniles are jumpers. At one point I had 4 MRBD 'growing' in a temporary 10 gallon topless tank and none jumped out.
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