Arow stopped eating pellets !?

[impala]

My 22" Red Tail Gold, tagged June 2006, has always been a great eater, Hikari Food Sticks, Cichlid Gold, Massivore Delight, daily, and raw shrimp/talapia, once or twice a week.

Last December he stopped eating any dry food and waited for shrimp/talapia only. Since he was very well fed I let him go without for seven weeks. In that time he went for pellets three times, spitting them out, and ate a few once.

Late January I started feeding raw shrimp/talapia stuffed with one Massivore twice weekly, dropping in pellets daily and he is still ignoring them. Now I'm reducing the meat/massivore feeding to once a week with daily pellets and waiting him out.

Also worth mention, this extemely easy going arow has aquired some attitude toward tank mates, 5- King Kong Parrots, and 1- Datnoid. No real damage, just the occational chases and torn fins.

Is my pride and joy just going through puberty or is something more serious going on here ?

(Tank,175G. Filters, Eheim 2262 and 2028 Pro II. Two 33% water changes a week.)

 

[Chaitika]

First of all my RTG is about the same age. In the last few months he's turned into a cranky SOB. His appetite is up and down but he hasn't stopped eating entirely, ever.

So what's changed in the tank since you noticed the change in him? Any new fish? Any fish that is becoming more aggressive at feeding time or any other time?

 

[impala]

First of all my RTG is about the same age. In the last few months he's turned into a cranky SOB. His appetite is up and down but he hasn't stopped eating entirely, ever.

So what's changed in the tank since you noticed the change in him? Any new fish? Any fish that is becoming more aggressive at feeding time or any other time?

No changes, no new fish, tank mates are totally submissive, he rules the tank.
The begining of Dec/10 I let him stuff his face with all the talapia he could eat. First time I ever let him pig out (stupid move), it probably triggered the pellet snub.

The KKPs and Dat are aggressive eaters, most of the time the arow ignores them and the food. Other times he chases them away, still snubbing the pellets, and the tank mates have to work for it.

I'm planning to move the Parrots to another tank and see if theres any change. Other than that I'm at a complete loss.

 

[Chaitika]

I think he's pouting.