I know that I have read people saying how their GT's and JD's eat from their hands and are very owner responsive. My GT seems pretty bipolar. He either begs for food and almost takes it from my hand, or he acts really skittish and runs and hides from me. Any experience or advice on getting cichlids like these to warm up better?
Fish Personality!
- Thread starter bluegryffin
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Sometimes my GT will beg for food and almost take it from my hand. Other times, he acts really spooked and swims back and forth across the tank, stopping to hide behind decorations!
Not all cichlids will act like your highschool sweatheart. Some just don't have it in them to become human friendly.
maybe its the colors of your shirt . my jag hates the color yellow and is scared of the color red.
my jd is just baely eatin from my hand and he swimming aorund my fingers at certain tiem then other times he enarly smashes thru the sid eof the tank getting away. The time she msot responsive is when the lights r off in the room but his tank lights r on.
usually if they have tankmates, especially dithers, they tend to be a lot more active and responsive
i have 3 small GT's that i can hand feed now try some worms like anything else it take time fror them to trust you