What do you feed your Kubotai?

[angelfish83]

Now that I know I have a pair of screwily patterned polkadots, what's the ideal diet?

Right now they just eat whatever's around... shrimp pellets, algae wafers, bottom feeder wafers, the odd mysis shrimp... I cant get any friggin bloodworms now because I am without car and in the summer they thaw... SHoulda bought more in February...

[mikev]

They also like dried bloodworms.

[angelfish83]

THey just float on the surface though and my tank is quite deep i dont think theyd get them

[mikev]

They probably would not mind coming to the surface for these, they do here.

[QueenDustBunny]

My B. Kubatai will come up to the surface straight away for the freeze-dried blood worms. They share their space with the rainbow shark and balas, but they will chase away the greedy barbs. I usually feed in the two front corners of the tank to avoid tangles. I hope this sheds some light for you.

[angelfish83]

I honestly dont think mine will- I only have 2 of them theyre kind of shy- I need more i just cant find any

[Wendie]

My three get a bit of everything from flake food, to frozen brine shrimp, frozen blood worms, frozen daphnia, pellet food - a variety of that, zucchini, squash, etc. Keeps them busy.

[mikev]

I honestly dont think mine will-

Two possibilities:

1. They are not B.Kubotai, or perhaps not loaches at all (do they have barbels or scales?)
2. They are not in good health (they do move/swim occassionally, right?)

I have eight of them now, and the only one ever that rejected bloodworms in any form was a very weak loach (tapeworm infection), long ago cured. These guys are active feeders, they are even capable of pushing aside larger clowns or yoyos.

[Wendie]

Here's a shot of one of mine with the green squash. The others are darios and clowns

[aquarioten.nl]

i'm with mikev

if they don't eat they are dead of very ill...

i too have 8 and are always hungry of live of frozen foods. don't like vegeteble to much but will eat if they haven't ate for 2 days.

and the wil feed low high and mid regions in the tank.

[diesel]

Maybe a bigger pack will help?

[Martin Thoene]

Read, digest, BURP!

http://www.loaches.com/almanac/feeding.html

Martin.

[QueenDustBunny]

Thank you for the link Martin. Reading Reading Reading