Ram_Puppy
Mon, 26th Mar 2007, 10:55 AM
so I was reading about chromis and damsels in the new CORAl magazine this weekend (and it just so happens i just added 3 chromis)
and it refers to a study that they did concerning the agression of chromis and damsels in relation to their hunger.
essentially, what they found, and my numbers may be off here as i don't have it right infront of me, is that aggression almost completely evaporated when the fishes had full bellies.
in nature, chromis have been measured to eat once every 7 some odd seconds.
obviously we can't reproduce this completely in our tanks, but the authors setup an automatic feeder to try and re-create this feeding behavior as close as possible and their result, was the fish becoming more docile. (they were feedin freeze drid cyclopzeeze)
so... here's my question, and my fear: does anyone know of an automatic feeder that is high quality and trust worthy... I don't think I have to tell you how scared I am of automatic feeders, w/ goof reason, they have a horrid reputation.
and it refers to a study that they did concerning the agression of chromis and damsels in relation to their hunger.
essentially, what they found, and my numbers may be off here as i don't have it right infront of me, is that aggression almost completely evaporated when the fishes had full bellies.
in nature, chromis have been measured to eat once every 7 some odd seconds.
obviously we can't reproduce this completely in our tanks, but the authors setup an automatic feeder to try and re-create this feeding behavior as close as possible and their result, was the fish becoming more docile. (they were feedin freeze drid cyclopzeeze)
so... here's my question, and my fear: does anyone know of an automatic feeder that is high quality and trust worthy... I don't think I have to tell you how scared I am of automatic feeders, w/ goof reason, they have a horrid reputation.