What Do Barbs Eat?

[peediedj67]

recently added 5 pentazona barbs, i already have 7 tetras and 3 otos had the barbs 2 days everytime i put food in tank the barbs dont seem to eat anything the tetras are bigger and seem to take all the food,is flakes ok for them or should i give anything else?

 

[dbanner]

I used to feed flakes to my barbs. I had rosy barbs, cherry, Odessa and redline torpedoes.

 

[peediedj67]

I used to feed flakes to my barbs. I had rosy barbs, cherry, Odessa and redline torpedoes.

feeding flakes but as i say there not touching them

 

[Dutsey]

My Barbs eat everything I give them. Maybe they just need to settle in.

 

[peediedj67]

My Barbs eat everything I give them. Maybe they just need to settle in.

surely shouldnt take 2 days?seem lively enough and intergating with rest of fish

 

[JL94x4]

My barbs just eat flakes, they even pinch the lettuce of the Gourami.

 

[Fishy friend2]

They easily could just be getting used to the new food, you surely don't use the same food that they were fed in the shop. Everytime that I have to change foods the same exact things happen to my tanks, well they won't eat for around three days

 

[fishprotector]

Mine eat anything and everything - even the algae wafers put in for the Plecs. Greedy pigs

 

[dbanner]

My Barbs eat everything I give them. Maybe they just need to settle in.

surely shouldnt take 2 days?seem lively enough and intergating with rest of fish

Yeah mine took around 4 or 5 days before they even attempted to go for a flake

 

[peediedj67]

My Barbs eat everything I give them. Maybe they just need to settle in.

surely shouldnt take 2 days?seem lively enough and intergating with rest of fish

Yeah mine took around 4 or 5 days before they even attempted to go for a flake

still dont seem to be eating flakes as other fish bigger and get them 1st but seem very lively so should i be worried?

 

[KISSfn]

My Barbs love Tetra flakes and frozen bloodworm.