our pbass aren't eating.

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bahamaqt00

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Here is our water param

ammonia: .25ppm
nitrate: 15ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
ph: 6.2 (We know this is way low so we added ph 7.5 to fix that)

Anyone know why they're not eating? We do water changes weekly and out temp. is about 79 degrees. They're in a 55 gal growout tank.

Thank you
Ashley
 
We are trying to feed them feeder goldfish, krill, silversides and bloodworms. They're about 2-3" long. It's just that they were eating all of these things 2 days ago. :(
 
Maybe the goldfish are to big, if so you can try guppies. They might also just be afraid, if so they won't eat infront of you at first. I think I would try guppies and the dump a few and leave the fish alone. After a little while come back and see.
 
Yeah but the thing is they were eating just fine a couple days ago. Something just happened recently to cause them to stop eating
 
Are there any other fish in the tank, maybe theyre scared by that, sometimes my fish get stubborn when it comes to eating, I usually rip the tails off feeders and minnows and throw them in there and when the food goes crazy they hit it. Also I've found putting the feeders in a small bucket then somewhat slowly pouring them into the tank and they scuttle and are deeper to get the fishes attention. some things you could try. I had a jag that ate out of my hand the first day I got him and now he hardly ever eats if I watch him, strange to me as well but as lng as he gets his food what can ya do.
 
only put in as much live food as they can eat immediately. i find if you put in more feeders than they can eat in one sitting they actually start to get spooked by them (2-3 inch peacocks ). this is what has happened in my experience anyway. make sure theres no feeders in the tank for 48hrs then put in 5 or so guppys and see if they take them.
 
your ammonia should be 0 as stated above, is there bacteria in the tank to cycle it? Normally if theres a lack of bacteria in the tank, your nitrates,nitites,ammonia levels and ph will be all out of wack. Bumping right from 6.2 to 7.5 will cause stress as well, you need to raise it slowly over 24hrs to a few days. And your water will cloud abit, and sometimes turn green if theres too much light.
 
superleggera123;3817927; said:
ammonia should be 0
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This.

Also, if your fish are eating prepared foods, why bother with feeders - which might be diseased. In my experience, small pbass are very fragile.

I also wouldn't bother trying to adjust the ph. Avoid putting more chemicals in your tank than needed. Fish can adjust to a wide range of ph levels. From what I remember, pbass like a lower ph.
 
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