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Old 03-20-2010, 12:30 AM
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Default Feeding dead whole fish.

Just wanted to re-emphasis a point that Karazy made in one of his statements.


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...then you take one of the damsels and you grab it by the tail.
When you start feeding whole dead fish, its easier to hold the fish by the head with the tongs. It may also seem that when you wiggle it, the tail action looks more inviting! In my experience, I've even ended up slapping the face of the frogfish with the tail of the tail of the food fish, trying to get the frogfish interested enough to attack. What I've learned ... and should have known ... is that frogfish are ambush predators. Therefore, they will target the head region of their prey. Duh! As soon as I switched it around, the frogfish attacked and ate.
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