I recently picked up a 14" jaguar cichlid that has whole in the head. He wasn't getting a very good diet. Mostly bloodworms and pinkies. I can't get him to eat anything. Tried almost every pellet on the market. Shrimp, tilapia, and mysis shrimp. He just refuses to eat anything and it's been over a week. Any suggestions? His hole in the head is starting to get worse so I need to get him eating quick.
Big jag won't eat
- Thread starter Vanica
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Earthworms or crickets. Hole in the head is also seen in poor water quality.
A 14" cichlid will be ok not eating for a week or two. Focus on keeping his water pristine.
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A 14" cichlid will be ok not eating for a week or two. Focus on keeping his water pristine.
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The eating issue is secondary a fish that size will go weeks without eating, the HITH is your bigger problem. Lots and lots of clean water will help with that.
He is in a 180 gallon tank. Water tests are 0 ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrites, 6 ppm nitrates. I do a 50% weekly water change. The tank I got him from was a 55 gallon so I imagine the quality was poor. I guess I will just keep trying a pellet or 2 each day to see if he eats them. There's a school of giant danios in there he hasn't decided to eat so they usually clean up the pellets he doesn't eat.
Hi when I got my tank my jag didn't eat for about 3 to 4 weeks tried a lot of stuff he should eat when his hungry, eventually he ate prawns then slowly weaned him on pellet now he eats everything I put in there, Plus lots of water changes.