Fish Fat Farm!

[cap'n pete]

Anybody know of a good Fat Farm for a clownfish?! Just got done feeding my fish and nobody but the false percula seems to get any food. The dumb thing will shove as much food as possible in its mouth (I feed Formula frozen), swim around with it hanging out of its mouth until it can swallow it whole and then grab some more! The thing looks like its going to explode. Just made me chuckle.

 

[jake22]

try feeding the clown of to the side of you tank then right after or the same time feed in a different place while the clown is still eating on the other side of the tank. thats what i do with bar gobies who are the same way.

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

My perc's never eat all that much. try this - get yourself some bigger fish that can push those guys around - it'll keep 'em thin.
Just kidding - ffed them first and then throw food in the other part of the tank.

 

[kev]

Accutally I think its best to keep your fish nice and fat! People that scuba dive can tell you this theirself. When I went scuba diving, all the fish had some FAT bellies! So wouln't it be best for them to have fat bellies in the home aquarium?

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

Kev's right - I really fget upset at the local saltwater distributor because he barely feeds the fish. They don't feed the tangs in the coral/LR curing tank at all - they assume they'll eat enough algae to survive. these fish look so skinny it't awful.
My fish are fed twice daily and they're very happy and chubby. I do have to feed my star fish by hand to make sure their fed - but that fun anyway.

 

[wamp]

Fat fish = Healthy fish.
Sunken stomach = soon to die fish

 

[demosthenes]

There's nothing better looking than a Fat, Yellow Tang, or in your case, a Percula.

 

[sinner's girl]

glad to hear that our clowns aren't the only ones fat..well they were last i saw them, but they're only getting fed about once a week right now (it drives me crazy!)
if Fat fish = Healthy fish. then ours are healthy