cichlids sticks etc......

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jbonez

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i got a 7inch male red devil i justy got from a friend a week ago i put him in a 75 gallon tank i had running for about a year now water is great he is happy swimming all over the tank moving the sand around his rack caves , anyway i breed my own meno feeders i give to my oscars 2x a week and hakari gold & hakari staples but for some reason the red devil dont eat the cichild sticks from tatra or any hakari product just feeder menos? what can i do...
 
don't feed it feeders, only offer pellets, it will eventually eat them. Also ditch the Cichlid sticks and stick with hikari.
 
i feed my oscars hakari gold & staples...
 
i did not like the tetra predator sticks they made a huge mess in my tank. i do like hikari
don't offer him anything other then pellets, try every other day or let him go a week then offer pellets.

is the RD alone? my texas i would not see eat when solo but in the larger tanks with competition he became greedy
 
thats good, Hikari>Tetra...By Far.
 
yes he is alone im gonns try not to feed him for a few days and offer him the hakari gold & the staples
 
yes he is alone im telling you he is so crazy i put a nicaraguensis cichlid the same size he almost killed him i took him to my friends house ....
 
I would stop feeding the menos for atleast a week. I once had the same problem and that was how I was able to break that feeding habit. It can also go reverse where you only feed commercial food then want to try and get them to eat live that problem I had with cubans.
 
ok thanks i rather feed him the hakari pellets...
 
I agree, fast them for a bit and he will eventually take the food.
 
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