Elephant Nose questions?

Question

Two questions for anyone who has ever had one...(they might sound dumb, but...)

I have read that they will play with a ball of tinfoil if you put it in the tank (due to the electricity in their 'nose')...how did you get the ball of tinfoil to sink without being too heavy for them to play with?

I feed my other fish freezedried bloodworms and they love them. However, these float as well and the Elephant nose doesn't seem to notice them. I want him to enjoy some too, any ideas on how to make the bloodworms sink? I haven't seen any sinking bloodworms in my petstore...

thanks for your help! :)

He does get fed at night. :)

Answer 1

Can't say I've ever

Frozen bloodworms sink... sort of (they tend to float all over the place, but sink eventually.

If you find the elephant nose still isn't getting its share of the food then may want to try and feed him at night after the lights have been out long enough to subdue the other fish - they are nocturnal, afterall.

Answer 2

I would imagine you could wrap something, like a small enough pebble, in tinfoil to make it sink. I'm sure it wouldn't be too heavy if the stone was small enough.

Do you have only one Elephant Nose? Because I read they should be kept in groups of three to five. The other Elephant Noses should keep your's entertained. Here's a site that describes their playfulness:

http://fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=498

Anyway, hope that was helpful.
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