1 year old Ropefish, hasnt grown!

[Andri Pogo]

I sold my brother a tank 11 months ago, a 110L/30G.
I gave him a very small ropefish that i had in the tank and since then he has kept Yellow Lab Malawi cichlids & the small rope+another ropefish he bought.
When i was visiting him today he told me that the ropefish´s are still the same size as they were almost a year ago! He feeds them regular flake food for the cichlids and sometimes shrimps... He sees them eating but nothing happens
The rope is around 4-5" and as thick as a normal electic cord... very skinny....
Could they be starving so much cause of the cichlids but just barely stay alive?
They are active and look healthy.

 

[Riv D]

-You're rope fish died and he (your brother) didn't want to upset you, so he bought new ones which obviously were small.
"The ol' Switcheroo"

 

[Andri Pogo]

haha good one

 

[Jory]

probably just malnourishment, vary the diet a bit and make sure they eat enough is what you should tell him.

 

[Bichirs4life]

Haha yeah that was funny!!!

 

[dmed]

Andri - can't explain the ropefish - but I happened to click on your link and you are apparently one AWESOME photographer!!!

My experience with ropefish leads me to believe that they are relatively slow grow-ers. Mine loves daphnia - I buy the Hikari frozen daphnia cubes.

 

[Mudfrog]

Grab some pics.. my 10" rope fish is not even as thick as a power cord.

 

[jdiidy271]

vary the diet... flake food isnt exactly filling or anything

 

[BichirAddict]

Mine only takes market shrimp and cooked ground beef and is about the size of a power cord maybe a little smaller and 10".

 

[Wildzone]

I have the same problem with an albino senegal. Every other poly in the tank has grown and doubled their size but that albino has grown about 1/4 of an inch only , I think that he will eventually end up as a feeder for the others