Feeding with a plate or bowl

[michael.leerak]

I have a tank with a fine sand substrate.
I started feeding .5 mm NLS Grow pellets and I feel like my juvies would have a hard time picking them out of the sand once they sink.

I thought it might be smart to put a small plate at the bottom of the tank during feeding so that the pellets dont get lost in the sand, and to ease cleanup. But they don't seem to be interested in any food that lands on it. Including flakes and other pellets that they have been eating before the NLS pellet introduction.

Has anyone ever tried feeding discus from a plate or bowl like this? Maybe I just need to starve them so they learn how to eat it off a smooth surface?

[aguest]

I put something they cant resist in that bowl first, like frozen bloodworms.

[Teshi]

I did this when I first got my fish. One wound up being "king of the Plate" and wouldn't let the others near it to feed. The plate got pulled along with all the gravel to make a BB tank!

[shoveltrash]

I read the first post & immediately thought "you need to remove the substrate"

[Eddie]

I did this when I first got my fish. One wound up being "king of the Plate" and wouldn't let the others near it to feed. The plate got pulled along with all the gravel to make a BB tank!

Yup, like a cone....one will hog the cone. Just let the fish figure out how to eat the food out of the sand. Survival of the fittest.

[Skip]

plate works well for my shrimp.. not discus

[michael.leerak]

yeah im thinking im just gonna remove the substrate

[CyndiMeza]

One wound up being "king of the Plate" and wouldn't let the others near it to feed. The plate got pulled along with all the gravel to make a BB tank!