Getting new Cichlids to eat
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Keep us updated. Would also like to see a picture. 500 gal sounds awesome.
My cichlids would never allow a mosquito fish to live. I have a livingstonni that makes short order of anything that fits it it’s mouth followed by a didiochromis that is an equally relentless hunter.
My cichlids would never allow a mosquito fish to live. I have a livingstonni that makes short order of anything that fits it it’s mouth followed by a didiochromis that is an equally relentless hunter.
Here you go, it's 10'x30x30" roughly I forget exactly, its 499 gallons, plus about 70 gallons in the sump.
Very nice. I have never kept driftwood with my Africans. I always thought it lowered the PH. To be honest I don’t see any fish that look excessively skinny.
I am trying to keep the PH under 8 so that the non african fish have a shot, but even with the wood its still strongly over. Very hard water here, and lots of limestone in the tank.
Certainly everyone looks healthy now, but eventually I think even fat fish need to eat to survive
Certainly everyone looks healthy now, but eventually I think even fat fish need to eat to survive
I don’t think parameters are why they’re not eating. I’ve seen haps eat under pretty bad conditions. If the parameters were bad enough to stop them from eating, you’d see other signs like heavy breathing and poor coloration If it’s not MB, it may just be the stress of the move. The food I recommended isn’t a medication, its safe for using as a staple and has enough medication to work as a preventative and to possibly cure MB at the start. Try the garlic additive, that’s always worked, but I’d wait until Sunday to feed again. I’ve had new vics go two weeks before they started eating.I am trying to keep the PH under 8 so that the non african fish have a shot, but even with the wood its still strongly over. Very hard water here, and lots of limestone in the tank.
Certainly everyone looks healthy now, but eventually I think even fat fish need to eat to survive
This could be the problem and why it is important to keep fish that have the same requirements in ph and hardness. I’d actually test rather than guess.I am trying to keep the PH under 8 so that the non african fish have a shot, but even with the wood its still strongly over. Very hard water here, and lots of limestone in the tank.
Certainly everyone looks healthy now, but eventually I think even fat fish need to eat to survive
