My new 3" tig cat still not eating since....

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....Friday when I got it. Should I be concerned?

Tank: 40g growout with gravel and fake plants.
Water: 40% changed the day before putting it in.
Filter: UGF and AC70.
Tankmate: 2" Indos x 4, 4" thin bar, 3" plecos x 3, 3" african tetra.

Situation: The first night it sat on the gravel motionless. I thought it was tired from shipping and was sleeping. The second night to now it's constantly swimming vertically upward, all the time. I thought it might be stressing from environment but no fish bothers it as far as I can tell. The Indos constantly chasing each other only, and the plecos are doing their grazing thing. The african tetra stays on top of the water surface. The Thin bar mind its own business.

Feeding: I have a bowl in the tank with lots of live bloodworms in it, so the worms won't squirm and disappear into the gravel. Right now the Indos and plecos are eating the hell out of it, but the baby tig still swimming upward doesn't seem to notice food/worms, or even its surrounding.

What should I do? I am thinking isolating the tig into a smaller container with barebottom and fill it with worms, or everything is normal and I should leave it as is? Thanks.
 
I wouldn't be concerned yet. If it goes a week, then I would be concerned.
 
AwolAngler;821463; said:
Tigs are known to really like current. Do you have a power head or anything keeping that water flowing a little extra hard?
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I am not using a powerhead but I feel the water current from Aqua Clear 70 is strong enough for a baby tig, if it wants to swim against it head on. If the tig is not eating, wouldn't it tire itself out by constantly swimming vertically or against the current?

Or vice versa, that it becomes hungry and start eating?
 
Although I've never kept B.Tigrinum, I can relate to with my B.Juruense. It seemed he would never eat normally. I had to actually use a turkey baster, and, a few worms at a time, squirt them in front of the current he was swimming in. As the worms blew past, he would snatch them up. It was a headache, but it worked. Once he settled in, feeding was no longer a problem.
 
ewurm;821280; said:
I wouldn't be concerned yet. If it goes a week, then I would be concerned.
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I agree. I don't even get concerned anymore with new fish not eating. If they eat right away it is an added bonus but I never count on it. When I have had tigs that small they readily accepted live black worms but if yours does not take those I would try some guppies. Swimming vertically is normal for this species although my 16" one never does it. He will be fine. Let us know when he starts feeding.
 
tigs are more active at night when small if you get up at 4am i will be swimming all over the tank

swimming up the tank glass is normal

when he is up the tank glass swimming verticaly try to drop some small bits of peeled prawn/shrimp into his mouth

it can take up to 2 weeks to get tigs feeding

they are rubbish hunters when small and normaly only eat food thats in a few inches from their mouth
 
Thanks for all your info guys. I have removed the UGF along with all the gravel so the tank is bare bottom. That way, I can dump tons of blood worms into the tank and it can't miss them.

Tomorrow I will some worms and shirmps.
 
Miles;823755; said:
It's 4am.. can we get pics of you swimming in the tank?
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my spelling is crap :D

if my tank was big enought for me to swim in you know i would post pics :D

but if its 4am the tigrinus should be swimming around his tank
 
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