Cichlasoma Ornatum

[the biffster]

oooh nice fish matt

 

[mattlee]

oooh nice fish matt

lets hope so im a bit worried about them to be honest as they arent eating yet

 

[star4]

May sound silly but try a bit of flake food, my green acara hasnt eaten for a while I was starting to worry about her, so I put some flake food in she ate that, now after 2 days she is back on prima & pellet. Probablly still stressed thats all

 

[mattlee]

May sound silly but try a bit of flake food, my green acara hasnt eaten for a while I was starting to worry about her, so I put some flake food in she ate that, now after 2 days she is back on prima & pellet. Probablly still stressed thats all

ill try it if the brine shrimp doesnt work

they did have quite a long journey in the car so i hope its just stress

 

[the biffster]

May sound silly but try a bit of flake food, my green acara hasnt eaten for a while I was starting to worry about her, so I put some flake food in she ate that, now after 2 days she is back on prima & pellet. Probablly still stressed thats all

must agree with star on this thats
all they might have been fed on
in the past try some live food
like daph or blood worm
might help

 

[daz30347]

May sound silly but try a bit of flake food, my green acara hasnt eaten for a while I was starting to worry about her, so I put some flake food in she ate that, now after 2 days she is back on prima & pellet. Probablly still stressed thats all

ill try it if the brine shrimp doesnt work

they did have quite a long journey in the car so i hope its just stress

They are renowned for being shy fish so give em plenty of cover and time to adjust to the new surroundings

 

[mattlee]

May sound silly but try a bit of flake food, my green acara hasnt eaten for a while I was starting to worry about her, so I put some flake food in she ate that, now after 2 days she is back on prima & pellet. Probablly still stressed thats all

ill try it if the brine shrimp doesnt work

they did have quite a long journey in the car so i hope its just stress

They are renowned for being shy fish so give em plenty of cover and time to adjust to the new surroundings

have you kept them in the past?

if so what can you tell me about them? there is very limited info on the net

 

[mattlee]

just tried them with brineshrimp and i think they ate some but not 100% as the lights are off i certainly looked like they took something!

maybe im just trying to convince myself

 

[daz30347]

I hav'nt kept them but a friend has about six,from what he said they were extremely shy for the first month or so,he left them alone and unfed for the first week and supplied plenty of hiding places
He tried a small shoal of tetra's with them but that just made them hide even more
They are closely related to Festae but much more sensitive to water conditions and bloat

 

[mattlee]

eating prima today

 

[star4]

Great news

 

[markandhisfish]

nice 1 , obviously just needed to settle in

 

[the biffster]

good news glad to hear

 

[mattlee]

yeah i hope they get a good appetite now...

just got to get them use to lights now as oddball express doesnt have individual tank lights they just used the unit lights

 

[the biffster]

sounds a strange place