The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

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Hanna.Ö
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The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by Hanna.Ö » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:49 am

Our biggest clown loach called "FettoBotian" (English: FattyLoach) has a very funny eating behavior.

When I`m givning them Vipachips, FattyLoach immediately takes the chips in its mouth, swim into it`s own little cave, eats it really really fast, then repeat it until the food is out. When I filmed this video, FattyLoach ate about 12 Vipachips during the feeding, insane!.

I filmed this video in one take:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXp5gFc ... ideo_title


And this video is edited so that you can see when Fatty swims around, searching for food, then back to the cave to have a feast!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AjoQOsW ... ideo_title
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chefkeith
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by chefkeith » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:54 am

So funny. Reminds me of a squirrel.

Beautiful fish and tank!
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shadoj
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by shadoj » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:07 pm

That was really cute to watch! :D All your fish look so healthy and happy.
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by Jim Powers » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:31 pm

Nice tank!! I really like that large piece of wood. Apparently so does FettoBotian .Its interesting to watch him take his food to a more secluded place to dine. I have never seen a fish do that before.
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by redshark1 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:10 am

That was great, thanks for posting!
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by namal » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:51 am

I have a clown that does the same. He grabs a piece goes into this corner eats and reappears for more. :D
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by EmilyMarie85 » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:10 am

Nice looking loaches, love the oddballs :)
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Re: The FattyLoachs special eating behavior

Post by palaeodave » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:28 pm

Wow, how big is that yoyo?
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