I have three small cichla and when I got them they were all the same size. However, two of them have readily eaten anything I put into the tank while the third has only eaten a few red wigglers in the past few weeks.
Here are some pictures of the weak one:
Here are pictures of the other two:
Like I mentioned, they all looked the same when I got them. They are all in the same QT/grow out tank currently. I feed every night, always red wigglers and then I switch and give some Hikari carnivore pellets and shrimp pellets. The little one often goes for the pellets but immediately spits them out. I have seen it eat three red wigglers over the last few weeks, but then doesn’t seem to gain any weight with the red wigglers it eats. The tank has been cycled for over over a year and is a 29 gal tank with a SunSun 303B on it. Does anybody have any ideas why this little one is having so much trouble, and do you have any ideas of what I can do to try to help it get better?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Here are some pictures of the weak one:
Here are pictures of the other two:
Like I mentioned, they all looked the same when I got them. They are all in the same QT/grow out tank currently. I feed every night, always red wigglers and then I switch and give some Hikari carnivore pellets and shrimp pellets. The little one often goes for the pellets but immediately spits them out. I have seen it eat three red wigglers over the last few weeks, but then doesn’t seem to gain any weight with the red wigglers it eats. The tank has been cycled for over over a year and is a 29 gal tank with a SunSun 303B on it. Does anybody have any ideas why this little one is having so much trouble, and do you have any ideas of what I can do to try to help it get better?
Thanks for any help you can offer.