angel gets stuck stealing loach food
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:38 am
Yesterday morning one of my angelfish was missing, the bully of the four. Searching for his dead body, I discovered him alive and in high dudgeon, wedged sideways beneath the kuhli's shelf for who knows how long.
As I said, he's the most aggressive of the bunch, especially when it comes to food, and right before I leave, after the tank lights go out (remember this is at work) I feed the kuhlis. They get frozen brine shrimp, bloodworms, or mosquito larvae, and to prevent the angels from eating it all up before the loaches get any, I use 16" curved hemostats to poke the frozen cube beneath the half-inch-high shelf, and the kuhlis dig in.
Well, this one angelfish successfully got under there, probably pigged out, and then couldn't extricate himself. I had to dismantle the hide spot. He righted himself with what dignity he could muster, and joined the other three as if nothing had happened. (And in seven seconds, he likely completely forgot the entire event.)
This is the shelf he squeaked underneath:
As I said, he's the most aggressive of the bunch, especially when it comes to food, and right before I leave, after the tank lights go out (remember this is at work) I feed the kuhlis. They get frozen brine shrimp, bloodworms, or mosquito larvae, and to prevent the angels from eating it all up before the loaches get any, I use 16" curved hemostats to poke the frozen cube beneath the half-inch-high shelf, and the kuhlis dig in.
Well, this one angelfish successfully got under there, probably pigged out, and then couldn't extricate himself. I had to dismantle the hide spot. He righted himself with what dignity he could muster, and joined the other three as if nothing had happened. (And in seven seconds, he likely completely forgot the entire event.)
This is the shelf he squeaked underneath:
