Carpintis uninterested in food

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

if the problem persists too much longer, I'd suspect internal parasites

 

[FSM]

He ate a few flakes today, but he still seems uninterested in food for the most part.

 

[NJCichlids]

I've used Garlic Guard in the past to get finicky fish to eat. Just soak the food in a couple drops and it's always worked like a charm. It's kinda expensive though but it lasts forever. I've also read that the garlic helps prevent internal parasites as well but I dont know this to be fact.

 

[FSM]

He ate a floating cichlid pellet today, reluctantly. He stared at it for a bit, swawm around some, then grabbed it...spit it out, swam away, came back, and finally crunched it up and ate it.

 

[xiahaolong168]

mine doesn't like pellets either. but it always eats krill.

 

[FSM]

He ate some bloodworms today. Hopefully that indicates he doesn't have parasites, he's just really picky. I have to resist the urge to keep offering pellets though because mostly he just looks at them, and then the SDs or Pike get them.