LOL Thanks..
Thanks, I do try to keep them all on a very mixed up diet to get them all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals they need to stay strong, healthy, happy and also so they wont tire of the same flavors or food. It really works great for some species as some I have will eat anything you drop in, but some only like 1 or 2 types of food, like my male Siamese (Betta) "Moppy", for an example, who will eat a lot of the foods he likes, but he only likes his pellets and some live or frozen brine shrimp, and an occasional portion of Pea mush now, he will no longer touch the algae wafers, bloodworms, tubiflex worms, flakes or anything else anymore.. I also try and keep their diet affordable by buying who sells exactly what I want or need at the lowest prices, as some foods can get a bit costly, even for just a small portion, and prices can also vary drastically from store to store. My local Petsmart has the frozen brine shrimp I use for $7.99, meanwhile the Petland Discount, which is right across the street from them, and it's also a shop I once worked in, have the very same brand and size for only $2.99, (They're also the only shop around that sells Live Brine Shrimp and at only @.99c per portion which lasts me two to three days). I'm all for saving $5 on one food, that means $5 for other foods, new filter media or even a new fish! LOL ... And yeah, it was real hilarious, I wish I had taken some snap shots of my hand and finger after that insane male Molly bit me because I kept saying "Honey, nobody's ever gunna believe that I got bit, by of all things, a lousy MOLLY!!" LOL. My Mrs. and I were laughing so hard about it, and it still cracks us up, in all the years I've been at it with both home and work tanks, and with all the various aggressive and semi-aggressive species I've had, none of them ever bit me, or were fast or lucky enough I suppose, yet the fist tank I've ever had with lil' 'ol Mollies in it and BAM! I get nipped, and more than once! LOL... I also get the impression that us people in the house are a more entertaining "reality" show to him than even he is to us, he loves to stay right at the front glass all day long watching us all the time, it's almost creepy! lol. The closer you get to the front, the closer he comes, if you move your face left or right, or up or down, he swims to stay right in front of you. LOL He really has lost any fear of humans or hands in his "house". lol.... That is real nice that your Pleco survived the Ich, but I'm real sorry to hear he passed away on you. Most times, in MY experience, it's actually the Ich cures that can kill them before and/or even after the Ich symptoms ever do. Most species of scaleless fish, catfish, corals and invertebrate's cant seem to survive some/most Ich cure products, while some will work just fine when used at maybe half the dosage. Which is just one other reason why I totally gave up trying to keep or raise Iridescent sharks, I thought they looked so cool when I was a kid and would try and try with very little luck or success, I mean you can just look at one of those the wrong way and it will break out with Ich for no good reason, most times they would survive the Ich, but other species of tank mates wouldn't or would die from the cures. Iridescent's also easily spazz out often and lose all their body color for no reason and it often takes months for their color to return, or they stroke out and drop to the bottom upside down dead just because you walked past your tank. LOL. Way back when I used to work and co-manage a local aquatic shop that was owned by a friend, we sat around discussing species we've tried to keep but had the worst luck with, we both agreed Iridescent sharks were at the top of the list, they were also terrible sellers in the shop, like nobody ever wanted the poor things, we would order say 15 and two weeks later would probably still have 10 or 11. We would jokingly call those the "Super Unwanted Sissy Cat Fish" LOL since technically speaking, they're actually a species of catfish and not a species of shark at all anyway. I'm going to try to upload a shot of my crazy "Moe" the Molly. LOL