前天帶了一隻網球魚( Chilodus punctatus ) 回家
這魚是我有生以來見過泳姿最奇怪的魚種
身體永遠維持在頭下尾上接近垂直倒立的姿勢
也不太活潑
觀察牠時,視覺焦點永遠是落在牠的鰓蓋而不是其美麗的外表
從帶回家到現在 都還沒見過牠張口進食
牠都固定待在水的下層
但無論我投乾燥紅蟲 豐年蝦 燈魚飼料
沉底飼料 牠都毫無反應
拜google大神之後,在fish channel 看到如下的敘述:
These are very peaceful fish, with a very small mouth,
which is the major problem in getting them to thrive in an aquarium.
They require very small, preferable live or frozen foods;
they will virtually never take any regular dry prepared foods.
Unless you are prepared to give them the foods that they
require, you really should not purchase this fish.
This also is a problem with the Spotted Headstander in local fish stores.
Unless the store is very competent and pays a lot of attention to their fish, and they have gotten
their Spotted Headstanders from a distributor who also makes sure they are
well fed, many of the Spotted Headstanders you see offered for sale are well
on their way to starving to death.
If you do want to purchase some it is best
to have the store feed them in your presence, so you can be sure that they
are eating. .
大意是說此魚很容易一直都不進食 然後默默的餓死
水管裡頭販賣的個體也很可能已長期處於未進食的狀態
我之前養的一隻眼班飛船在混養缸中也是什麼餌料都不吃
好幾週後也是默默在缸中蒸發
想請教一下之前養過這種非常有名的魚的大大
是餵什麼餌料讓牠開口的?