zizziz

Ok, my litlle guy is swimming all over the tank eating off the decorations, mostly the plants. Going into them like a bee, he looks like he is eating something off everything. I toss in food, flakes, and he takes a small bite but ignores it and goes back to the fake plants. ?

J J Indy

He is actually probably trying to eat the plants they love to eat plant and should have a healthy amount of vegitation in their diet. My red fin shark loves to eat on my Cobomba plants prefers the Green Cobomba to the Purple Cobomba but he likes to eat plants with fine needles. If you don't want live plants you can get a veggie clip for the tank and put in lettuce, try to put it in the freezer for a little while thaw it then put it in the tank it makes it easier for them to tear. If you read on the fish profiles or ask in the forum peoplr will give you more ideas on veggies for him.

Evelyn1919

my rainbow shark does this too. i guess he's just going around to see if he can find some more food cuz evertime i feed te other fish he eats flakes too or the sinkin pellets that i put in for him.

Shawnie

he might be eating diatoms which is new tank algae...is it brown?

zizziz

its a new tank, its been up for 10 days. I can't see any brown on the things. could be that its such a small amount. I will head over to the feeding section, I will try a veggie clip as well.

thanks

COBettaCouple

He's probably eating the really tiny organisms on them.

Red1313

My RTBS does the same thing but he's happy and healthy so I don't worry about it too much.