3 Jags in a 180? (Got 'em- with pic's)

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beautiful Jags..just awesome!
 
sledge760;873901; said:
I am having trouble with the larger of the two Jag's not eating. I have been trying a variety of foods (Tetramin Jumbo sticks, Hikari gold pellets, frozen beefheart, brine shrimp and bloodworms). I emailed the previous owner yesterday and he said he fed him Tetramin cichlid sticks. I have been trying to get him to eat the Jumbo sticks that I already have. He just swims up to them and looks at them, then swims away. There is not much difference between the Jumbo and regular sticks besides size, obviously. I guess I will stop and pick up the regular sticks on the way home tonight. It will be six days today that I have had him and I have not seen him eat yet.

Any other ideas?
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try giving him feeder fish to get him going
 
How does he look. Stomach sunken in? Does it look like he may be eating alittle bit while your not looking. Try earthworms or blood worms, usually they can't resist.

Never mind, I see you said you tried that. Were those live, try live as opposed to frozen just to get him going. What is your temperature set at. maybe raise the temp just alittle to stimulate his appetite.
 
I have not tried live earthworms. Only frozen bloodworms, brine shirmp and beefheart. He stomach is not sunken or anything like that. Almost 100% of the time I feed the fish at night when I am watching tv. I usually feed the fish, then sit to watch tv. I am in direct view of them eating. I am concerned about about him not eating but not overly worried. I have a 9" JD that went on a hunger strike a month or two ago. I swear he did not eat for two weeks or more. All of a sudden he started eating like a pig again. I am just wondering if this is typical for Jag's.
 
some fish do this on occassions, I don't know why. Could be a number of reasons. I would not sweat it unless he looks unhealthy. If it persists, try going to live foods, ghost shrimp, earth worms, quarantined feeders
 
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