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Rhaethe
02-03-2010, 08:35 PM
Either Sid is a psycho spakling gourami ... or he has an addiction for snails.

Not sure which. Maybe both.

He's around an inch long and about a 1/4 inch in depth. Small fish. At first I thought he was a really shy eater. Then I discovered that he just doesn't relish the flakes. Or pellets. Or worms. Or daphnia. Or brine shrimp.

Certainly, when he is hungry, he'll partake. Nothing like his cousin, Gus (dg), who would eat until he burst.

Then I put snails in the tank.

The MTS I got had no chance to burrow. They were flipped and stripped. One nerite is MIA.

I watched him. He strafes and circles the snail. His body wiggles when he hovers in place like a cat or snake. He darts in sideways like a shark. None of the fish could care less about any shrimp I have ever introduced. But the snails? Sid beads in on them. Crazy psycho fish.

I swear, if anyone ever had a snail problem, I should lend out Sid.

Northernguy
02-03-2010, 09:26 PM
Thats a cool gourami!thumbs2:
I have seen them go after fry but never snails.How is it with the other fish in the tank?

Rhaethe
02-03-2010, 09:38 PM
The dwarf gourami and the cory could care less about snails or shrimp of any kind.

Sid doesn't even care about the red cherry shrimp I do have. He knows the dwarf gourami exists, but could care less. Same witht eh cory.

He wants escargot, I'd guess :hmm3grin2orange:

Northernguy
02-03-2010, 09:58 PM
He wants escargot, I'd guess :hmm3grin2orange:

Thats a good thing!:19: lol

Rhaethe
02-07-2010, 08:50 AM
So, while going through some youtube videos of fish ... I found one that exactly shows Si'd behaviour towards snails. Same circle strafe, same curling of body, same tensed up wiggling.

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Thing is, it's a video of a dwarf puffer hunting snails.

I guess Sid thinks he's a dwarf puffer ... A dwarf puffer on espresso, even, since he tries this with snails much larger than himself.

I'm guessing I need to find a steady supply of itty bitty snails for the once a week treat ...

VoidParadigm
02-07-2010, 04:42 PM
Cool behavior for a Gourami.
Rent him out. Many members on here would love to borrow him for a while. :lol: