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RE: Coaxing new fish to eat
Hi Jason,
First see if any other fish are keeping him from coming out and feeding. If
so you know what you have to do. Then try different foods like tubifex or
blood worms. I once got a killifish which would not eat. I called the
breeder and he told me that he fed all of his fish Tetra flake food once per
day. I actually had to go out and buy the stuff. Once the fish started
eating they took everything else I fed.
Some fish which you might find in your LFS are sick and can no longer eat so
you might be doing nothing wrong.
My final advise is something I learned from salt water fish, especially
Pinatus Bat Fish: If they ate in the store there was a good chance that
they would eat when you got them home. If they would not eat in the store
they would usually starve to death. Any good pet shop will let you see the
fish eat before you buy them. I know that sometimes it is hard to pass on a
fish you really want just because it does not eat. But experience has proven
time and again that buying sick fish or fish that do not eat usually leads
to heart break in the end anyway.
Peace,
~RJ~
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Jason Owens
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:31 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Coaxing new fish to eat
Happy New Year everyone!
I have a question that is not Killi-related, but rather refers to a new
Cichlid I recently dropped in my community tank. He's the male half of a
pair of Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlids I put in my tank, and he refuses to eat.
Going in, I knew he was a challenging fish, having been told his species
wouldn't touch flakes (though the female readily gobbles them). He also
started out very timid, heading straight for the multitude of caves in my
tank.
Now he's no longer timid, yet he watches passively as brine shrimp float
past his nose as his tankmates feast. I just ordered some "sea monkeys,"
but I doubt I'll have time to grow them in time to help this stubborn fellow
out. Do you have any advice? Is there a commercially available live food I
could try? Should I put him in his own tank and risk the trauma associated
with such a move? Should I just return him to the store? He's a great
looking fish and I'm not worried about the work involved with a special
diet...if I can just figure out what such a diet would be! Tell me your
tips!
Thanks,
Jason
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