(Victor M. Martinez) wrote in message ...
Jim Seidman wrote:
Again, this is true for many other substrates. And my clown loaches
have refrained from "rearranging" things as long as I keep bribing
them with asparagus.

Hmmm.... asparagus you say? Do you cook it first or give it to them raw?

First I steam the asparagus, same as for human consumption. Then I cut
off the tip, partly because I don't want little bits coming off in the
tank, partly because it's my favorite part so I want to eat it myself.
I slice the asparagus in half lengthwise so that they can get to the
center.

When I put it in the tank there's a huge commotion from both the clown
loaches and the rosy barbs. After a few hours they slow down and the
otocincluses can get at it. By the next day the asparagus is reduced
to a thin outer shell (the green part) with the center completely
carved out.

- Jim