my new Festae won't eat...

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eminence978

Jack Dempsey
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Oct 3, 2011
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I'm clueless as to why my new festae hasn't eaten in a week. she's very active and is the boss in the tank..I checked all my water parameters and they seem fine..nitrate 0, nitrate 0, PH 6.8, and water temp i raised up to 80F. did a 30% water change last night. I tried NLS, kensfish.com pellets, frozen bloodworms, live feeder guppys and omega one pellets. she doesn't go near the food.
I have a midas, and two other festaes that eat like pigs in the same tank.
No indication of any white stringy poo either..any ideas would greatly be appreciated.

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My female festae did the same thing. She didn't eat for a few weeks closer to a month. I'm sure she picked up scraps here and there but she never swam to the top to eat with the others. Slowly she started trusting me coming over to the tank but even then by the time she hesitantly got to the top all the food was gone. That went on for about a week. She then finally figured I was there to help and now she eats like a champ with the rest of the crew. Just give her some time and she will crack. Don't force anything and don't over feed the tank hoping it will last til she comes up like I did. All that caused was me to do more water changes. When she's good and hungry and trusting she will eat. Keep us posted.


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at least it looks like a festae lol, be thankful for that,
nothing is going to starve to death intentionally, when i got my rays they were on some stupid diet and it took about a month or so til they got on board, and now they eat like crazy, i realize rays and festaes are 2 totally different things but it just takes time, you can try switching up your foods a bit, but i wouldnt get my undies in a wad over it,
 
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