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WesleT Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 55 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Sep-2004	ok i feed my fish with aquarian tropical flake food... and the fish in my 20 gal will eat the food up but leave the yellow flakes at the top... i watched and watched... i even examined this for several days but they still do the same things.. the food eventually sinks to the bottom where my upsidedown catfish and snails eat it..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
tankster Fingerling Posts: 44 Kudos: 43 Votes: 4 Registered: 23-Aug-2004	Perhaps they just don't like them? As long as the snails and such are eating them, and they aren't dirtying your aquarium, I don't see why it should bother anything.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
chrism Enthusiast Posts: 152 Kudos: 109 Votes: 19 Registered: 14-Jul-2004	hmmm going to watch mine more carefully tonight
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
castlequest Fish Addict Posts: 661 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Feb-2003	Flake foods tend to have all the same ingredients in each flake, no matter the color. So I don't think they could not like the yellow ones, because they'd taste the same. Maybe the yellow ones don't look like food to them, or are harder to see on the surface(not as eye catching as the brighter red and green ones)? Last edited by castlequest at 19-Oct-2004 03:42
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	yeah i agree its the colour ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
FishBone Fingerling Posts: 16 Kudos: 16 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Oct-2004	I faced a similar problem while feeding TetraColor flake food to my clown loaches. They simply would not eat the flakes that floated at the top of the tank. I spoke to a friend abt this and he suggested that I "dunk" the flake food in a small quantity of water so that they sink before I put them into the tank. That way the moment I put in the flakes food, it sinks to the bottom of the tank and the clowns and plecos are more happy eating them. This also helps keep the top surface of the tank clean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	I feed my community tank Aquarian flakes. Nobody ever favors the different colors. Then again, my gold barbs will eat anything within site. Little pigs... Anyway, I guess I might pay closer attention. My guess is is that color may be harder for them to see, or something along those lines. -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52


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