I just got a festae but its very shy. I have yet to see it eat, I tried krill, bloodworms, hikari staple and gold pellets, silversides and beef heart. Its in my 220 with my arowana and 2 retic rays, aro is 13-15 inches and retics are very young and small. Tank parameters are excellent, amonia - 0ppm, nitrites- 0ppm and nitrates 15-ppm. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated, Thanx in advance.
Questions about skiddish festae.
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Give it some time and the Festae should be out and about. How many days have you had this Festae? Festae are pretty greedy so it should not be to long before it begins to eat. Does the fish appear to be sick?
Sounds like it may just be stressed. Maybe leave the light off to give it some time to acclimate to its new surrondings.Letsgometsreyes;992842; said:
I would but once it seems comfortable I would start to turn the lights back on while feeding.Letsgometsreyes;992861; said:
How big is it? Anything under 4" may get eaten by the aro but they are full of body when over 5". IME.
i'd say it's a bit stressed from the tankmates specifically the presence of a much larger fish.
give it some time and i'm sure it'll be ok. for all you know in the past when it's tried to come out the aro went after him.
give it some time and i'm sure it'll be ok. for all you know in the past when it's tried to come out the aro went after him.
