Why Do Some Of My Fish In My 10g Appear To Be Going On A Hunger Strike

[Dorkhedeos]

my 7 cardinals rarely go to the surface

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Most of my community fish refuse to eat flake food from the surface as well. However, when I take a pinch of flake food and move it underwater, so it gets soaked and sinks right away, they will eat it. Giving that a try couldn't hurt

Yeah i don't realy feed my fish many flakes at all as well, i only feed them when im giving my fish a break from high protein or vegetable based foods, im not too convinced on the miraculous multi funtional fish flakes thing as i have found most of my fish are alot healthier since i cut down on feeding them flakes and moved them onto a more krill/river shrimp/daphinia/bloodworm/algae wafer and catfish pelet diets(although i tend to use many brands of these foods, different types of algae wafers and things and i also feed my fish cucumber and prawns from time to time, mainly for the plecs to make sure they are getting all their vitamin C and protein in their diets), fish flakes also go stale quickly and its only the guppys that pay any real interest in fish flakes now days.

 

[Aqua Andy]

Hi

I experianced the same behaviour with my Flame Tetra's when I had a group of them. They very rarely ate flakes from the surface and either waited for them to sink or ate pieces of the sinking pellets I feed my Cory's when the Cory's stir pieces up from the surface whilst hoovering.

I expected the Flame Tetra to eat from the surface as I was under the impression rightly or wrongly that they ate from the surface in the wild?

I now sadly only have one surviving Flame Tetra and he schools with my Harlequin Rasboras. The Rasbora's inhabit the very top of the tank and regularly eat food from the surface and the solitary Flame Tetra now does also.



Andy

 

[pica_nuttalli]

as a side note, cory cats are not really algae eaters. they are in fact mostly carnivorous (meat eaters). you really should get some kind of protein-containing sinking food in addition to the algae wafers and swap between the two when feeding (protein day, algae day, protein day, algae day)

 

[dwarfgourami]

as a side note, cory cats are not really algae eaters. they are in fact mostly carnivorous (meat eaters). you really should get some kind of protein-containing sinking food in addition to the algae wafers and swap between the two when feeding (protein day, algae day, protein day, algae day)

Joining Pica off subject, something like TetraTabimin tablets contains a mixture of protein and algae so would provide a more balanced diet for your corys.

For the tetras I have found TetraMinFry Food to be VERY economical; it will last you a long time.

I am sure the whole tank would thank you if you could stretch to the occasional serving of bloodworm and daphnia, or a few peas saved from your plate.

 

[BigC]

Try feeding livefood.

 

[Durbkat]

So is everyone positive they will eat tetraminfry food is that a flake food or is it something that slowley sinks? Because I'll be upset if I buy this tetraminfry and they refuse it then I'll be out $3 or $4.Do you all know if chain stores sell bloodworms or that frozen brine shripe because I never see them advertise it in the fish section of the store?

 

[BigC]

All your fish will still eat newly hatched brineshrimp.

 

[Durbkat]

Well I don't have live brineshrimp what do they look like so maybe the lps sells them in a tank.

 

[BigC]

Buy eggs (cysts) and hatch them yourself.

http/www.brineshrimpdirect.com/res_hatching.html

 

[Durbkat]

I tried the advice that one person said to put flakes in their and take a net and make it sink down and it....WORKED well sorta at least one of the x-ray tetras got some of the flakes that fell down.