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Posted by Sarah Navarro on April 2, 2005, 12:48 am
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I have two shubunkins also. They are both little hogs. They eat pretty
much anything I put in there, flakes, pellets, granules, worms, etc.
Sarah
> I've recently acquired 2 shubunkins for a 50 gallon tank, and I am
> unfamiliar with their eating patterns. The pet store dude recommended I
> buy (which I did) goldfish pellets, instead of flakes. Well, when I
> drop them in the tank, the fish stare at them, eat a few, then spit
> them. They appear to be picking at them on the bottom, but I cannot
> tell if they're actually eating them.
>
> Is it natural for these fish to pick at them? I'm used to my former
> tetras that just swallowed flakes whole, so I guess I was expecting
> these guys to eat them. Are flakes prehaps better for them? I'd like to
> figure this out before they starve to death.
>
> Thanks, from a new proud shubunkin owner,
> Adrian
>
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