Different Feeders.

[PinkyandBrainz]

my ACF's have two very different feeding styles.

Pinky is a vacuum cleaner, eats everything he can shove into his mouth as quickly as he can.

Brainz is very slow and steady, eats maybe half as much as Pinky does, and I'm worried he can't quite compete with Pinky's feeding frenzies. Also, he's too slow to catch the common guppies that I bought for them.

Does anybody else have this problem? What should I do to make sure that Brainz can get enough food? I tried separating him out, so he could eat at his leisure, but it almost ended in disaster when I tried moving him back.

Any help would be great. Thanks.

[rodsboys]

You almost always get one that is slightly slower than the other. Is there a huge size difference between them? If so you may have to eventually seperate them until they are close to the same size. I doubt that your little guy is too slow for guppies. He is either getting some when your not around or just not interested in them. What else are you feeding?
You could try feeding with tongs to make sure everybody gets their share. I had to do it a few years ago for some salt water fish I had.

[PinkyandBrainz]

Brainz wasn't successful in catching them, not until I moved him into a KK for feeding, then he was only hungry enough to eat one. They had Brine Shrimp, shrimp pellets and frog & tadpole bites. Neither of them will eat the frog bites. Brainz was also eating some of the guppies' flakes earlier
there is a just noticeable difference in their sizes, but Brainz is the bigger of the two. Which is partially why it's so surprising that Pinky is a bottomless pit, and Brainz doesn't eat anywhere near as much.

how big do they need to be before i can train to hand feed? they're about 2"

[rodsboys]

You can start using tongs right away. If you are offering something yummy they will go for it. You can try a floating prepared food too. Reptomin is the basic one a lot of us use and recommend.