Cichla skiddish in morning?

[CichlaRyan]

generally smaller cichlas are timid until they start growing and getting too know there surroundings. lights may help de-crease there skittishness but i think there just new and time is all it takes. If you dont want to wait try adding some decor.. plants rocks caves all may help. is your tank bare bottem? if so add some gravel all these may help no for sure though.. as long as you dont see any sign of disease/illness i think that all you need to do is wait till they get used to there surrounding then they will unlock there inner beast. oh and make sure that there eating. last thing you want is a starved cichla.

hope i helped =]

 

[channarox]

This thread is great. I am ROTHF. I still have young Cichla myself and Twin son's, 13 year old son and 9 year old little girl along with a 3 year old little boy. So trust me when I say they will get use to your pressence and movement's. They will alway's be jumpy for all sort's of reasons but most of all for food! 15''+ size Cichla in numbers moving for one thing food. My big Cichla soak everything all the time. Trust me it's a site to see and a lot's of shirt changes if you catch my drift. When I put my hand in the 240g the all rush my hand everytime no matter what.

It will all change they will soon be splashing you at feeding time at 6''. Right now I have a Kelberi and an Orino together mixed with a Con pair and a Cuban Hiathinesis pair, also one 6'' mature female Vieja Brohduri. They are holding it togeter for Cichla and not going against each other. It's actually a very beautiful site and when they feed they section the tank. This is something I have never seen and there tank is a 100g that sit's in the most high traffic spot of any of my tanks. Your little guy's will learn your way's and get use to them. My 2'' Kelberi and 4'' Azul dont budge and there light come's on first everyday at 5am. I give them 10 minute's and as soon as the feeders hit the water the Kelberi eat's immediatly first everytime.

my pbass were always in a high traffic area.
but theyre still skittish in the morning IF i work on the tank.
meaning im very close to them.
but when the tems were younger,like 1-2 inches,they didnt mind at all.
when i did waterchanges they would peck at me......
right now when the pbass are hungry,i would even stick my hand in the tank cause my fingers have been swallowed a few times already.

 

[wife2dvs]

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond everyone!
Thank you so much for all of the helpful comments. I've been trying the whole turning the lights on in the room a while before turning on the tank lights. They are still excellent at hiding when I walk by, but hopefully they'll liven up soon (^_^)

 

[impala65]

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond everyone!
Thank you so much for all of the helpful comments. I've been trying the whole turning the lights on in the room a while before turning on the tank lights. They are still excellent at hiding when I walk by, but hopefully they'll liven up soon (^_^)

when they start to link you and food together they will start wagging thier tails and sitting at the top of the tank waiting for something to hit the water like some pitbulls lol water pits

 

[jkennedy]

Completely normal. Give them a little rock cave or something and if you change your lighting to a bulb that emitts a less stark light it helps a lot and makes the tank look more natural. I did this with my south american cichlid tank and they seem to just wake up not freak out.

 

[jkennedy]

Completely normal. Give them a little rock cave or something and if you change your lighting to a bulb that emitts a less stark light it helps a lot and makes the tank look more natural. I did this with my south american cichlid tank and they seem to just wake up not freak out.

PS Does anyone know why it says fathead minnow underneath my name? Is there even such thing as a fathead minnow??

 

[channarox]

when they start to link you and food together they will start wagging thier tails and sitting at the top of the tank waiting for something to hit the water like some pitbulls lol water pits

yea...better attitude than most predatory fish IMO.