I often try out different foods to see what they will eat, but I have never seen them munch on something quite like this before. Apparently, they LOVE dried apricots!
Dried dog food, apples, lettuce, potatoes, and chicken crumble work great. If you use chicken crumble as a substrate they will eat it and lay there eggs in it.
Yep, he came to me that way. I'm not sure what might have happened to him, but it doesn't seem to affect him at all. He happens to be my most active male in the tank, so maybe all the ladies dig his battle wound!