From this shot, I can pick out: rainbow, banded, variegate, bluebreast, redline, orangethroat, headwater, striped, and there's a speckled buried under the pile. And one poor highland shiner who stumbled into the frenzy.
Feeding time!
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, Apr 27 2009 07:53 PM
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 07:53 PM
I've taken to dumping frozen bloodworms into the stream from the reef filter, as it takes the food straight to the bottom where the darters get a shot at it. Otherwise, the shiners, dace, and studfish would get it all. After several months of that, if I even throw flake food on the top, the darters all go flying to the corner of the tank where the stream is.
From this shot, I can pick out: rainbow, banded, variegate, bluebreast, redline, orangethroat, headwater, striped, and there's a speckled buried under the pile. And one poor highland shiner who stumbled into the frenzy.
From this shot, I can pick out: rainbow, banded, variegate, bluebreast, redline, orangethroat, headwater, striped, and there's a speckled buried under the pile. And one poor highland shiner who stumbled into the frenzy.
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 11:57 PM
Very neat! Awesome photo!
Brian
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Posted 29 April 2009 - 11:12 PM
Those fish look rather thin... I think you need to feed them more or have less of them in there. The photo is nice though.
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Posted 30 April 2009 - 12:00 PM
I agree, nice photo, but those darters, especially the variatum look incredibly malnourished.
That is my problem with people taking home darters in that they essentially "graze" 24/7 in their natural habitat and do not feed like the cyprinids. I have seen it done right, but very rarely, that is why I rarely take a darter's home.
By the way, don't take this negatively, just as constructive criticism. On the other side of the coin I am glad that you are in love with darters and want to learn about them by watching them in your personal aquarium.
Blake
That is my problem with people taking home darters in that they essentially "graze" 24/7 in their natural habitat and do not feed like the cyprinids. I have seen it done right, but very rarely, that is why I rarely take a darter's home.
By the way, don't take this negatively, just as constructive criticism. On the other side of the coin I am glad that you are in love with darters and want to learn about them by watching them in your personal aquarium.
Blake
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Posted 04 May 2009 - 12:45 PM
That particular variegate is an old fish. I've had it close to two years, and it was large when I found it. Don't know why it's so thin, it seems to be alert and has no problem chasing down bloodworms and scuds.
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