Hello, ive had some trouble with my juvenile Cuban cichlid as of late, I got him about 6 months ago at about 2.5 inches and now he’s about 5 inches and much thicker, he’s always been a glass banger and quite interactive but recently he’s stopped coming up for food and much more scared of me when I turn on the lights in the morning he literally jumps, nothing has changed same tank same water parameters and water change schedule, I’ve been feeding him only nutrifin cichlid bug bites. Maybe it’s diet related or a parasite? If anyone has any advice let me know
Cuban cichlid has become very skittish
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I think parasites would have infected the Cuban cichlid way earlier. Did you add any other fish recently?
Nope he’s been living alone in a 45 gallon tank for the whole time it kind of happened all of a sudden, he used to wait for me like an Oscar when I turned on the lights ready for food , I even raised the temperature abit to 82 but it hasn’t helped
Just a suggestion since we are tapping in the dark. Is there maybe a source of electric current in the tank? It happened to me in my beginning days. One of my glas heaters had a tiny crack and for weeks my fish acted off and I couldn't figure out why. I only figured it out one day when I touched the water with a a tiny piece of skin missing above my nails, which suddenly gave me a very strong sensation. (There were also some weird rust coloured algae growing during that time, which disappeared after I changed the heater)
I also experienced something similiar with my Cichla that suddenly became very skittish as they grew, and it seemed like it was the fault of the black sand I was using, as they became confident the moment it changed to white. But this is experience I have yet to hear from someone else, so I dont know how applyable it is.
The food seems balanced, so I don't think it comes from malnutrition.
I also experienced something similiar with my Cichla that suddenly became very skittish as they grew, and it seemed like it was the fault of the black sand I was using, as they became confident the moment it changed to white. But this is experience I have yet to hear from someone else, so I dont know how applyable it is.
The food seems balanced, so I don't think it comes from malnutrition.