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Quote: Originally Posted by MikeM The eat and run types in my pond are only the younger fish. By the third season, even the males are slow and patient. One 6 year male (my daughter's favorite) ignores the floating pellets when first tossed onto the surface. After some others have had a few mouths full, the current in the pond will push a few rafts of pellets across the surface. He then positions himself with his head and dorsal fin above water and lets the current wash the pellets into his mouth. A very lazy fellow.

Very true. The younger fish initially tend to be eat-and-runners but if you observe them carefully over time you will notice they will gradually have their preferred feeding habits. I sometimes use their eating habits to sex them but obviously this can be flawed.

Having said that I must add that the eating habits I have mentioned are not sex-dependent. I have seen males eating like a chagoi and as expected they were growers.