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Blacknose Dace

Started by Guest_dsaavedra_* , Feb 10 2009 07:34 PM

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#1 Guest_dsaavedra_*

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 07:34 PM

these might be the most aggressive eaters in my whole tank.

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.

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#2 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 09:26 PM

I have a couple Blacknose Dace also. They are aggressive eaters as well. They'll eat anything I feed them and I watch them pick at the rocks and driftwood all day. For variety, I'll buy the freshwater multi-pack. The serving of 'emerald entree' drives the dace crazy. I guess they like the veggies more than the other fish.

#3 Guest_dsaavedra_*

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 09:53 PM

do yours get super fat after they eat?

#4 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 09:55 PM

mine get so fat sometimes, I fear they'll burst! :rolleyes:

#5 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 10:00 PM

Mine do get pretty fat after feeding. More so after the 'emerald entree' than any other food. My tank has many aggressive feeders, so competition is great for food. I have two small Mountain Red-Belly Dace in my tank, eventhough they are juveniles..they always find enough food to get fat.

#6 Guest_andyavram_*

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 01:10 PM

My Blacknose Daces do the same thing. Most of my fish get pretty fat right after eating but not like my Blacknose Dace and my smaller Redside Daces (before they committed suicide).

Andy

#7 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 06:38 PM

Speaking of suicide, I think I realized the one downside of keeping blacknose dace. They do jump.
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_*

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 07:10 PM

My experience sounds identical to everyone elses. Yes, mine get very fat after eating even a little.
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.

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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.

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#10 Guest_andyavram_*

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Posted 15 February 2009 - 10:14 AM

My suicide Redsides weren't jumpers but one swam up the gravel vac and went on a water ride to the bucket and for some reason or the other it killed him, even though I put him back into the tank immediately (didn't hurt the Rosyface Shiner when he did it and I found those to be more fragile). The second Redside also swam up the gravel vac and I was emptying water in the other room when my girlfriend started yelling a fish went up the vac. I didn't rush in and the fish plugged the hose and got large wounds from the pressure and died.

Andy

#11 Guest_jblaylock_*

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 11:32 AM

When I was setting up my 75 gallon I lost two SRBD's. I had cycled the tank put wasn't done with it so I didn't want to put the canopy on it. I found two adults on the carpet.

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.