Vieja Argentea Eating Behaviour

[headbanger_jib]

my argentea was a huge eater, you also have to keep in mind these guys do best with a lot of veggie in their diet as well. mine would go nuts for broken up bits of algae wafer he loved the algae wafer more than the regular pellets, he did prefer to eat from the water column and was not a big top level eater so he only picked at floating stuff but attacked sinking pellets, what size pellets are you feeding? that could have something to do with it, they have smaller mouths than most other fish their size so a smaller pellet is better

i am feeding hikari mini
have tried veggies such as spinach, with no luck

I've had mine for a while now (6 months or more?) and they've always attacked NLS. Mine are not WC though, but I've honestly never had any problems pellet training a cichlid (some just take a bit longer).

How often do you feed? How much? Do you skip day(s) ever?

i skip one or two days a week

id try more of a veggie based pellet due to the fact that their mouth shape suggests that they are more of an algea grazer than fish eater. whats the temperature of the tank?

will try algae wafers and see how that goes
we tropical temperatures here, so i don't have to use heaters and thermometers

currently the temp must be 26-27 deg C

Happy to report I got home last night and the little guy started eating pellets out of the blue. Fed him again this morning and again ate pellets and stole some broken up algae wafers meant for the silver dollars. I think he just needed time to settle in. He is turning out to be very responsive and is very comfortable in his tank 120g (60x18x26). Wait till he gets into his new home a 210g (72x24x29) he will be thrilled.

good for you

 

[aclockworkorange]

Wow, I got totally confused as to who the OP was.

 

[DMD123]

Wow, I got totally confused as to who the OP was.

LOL - My Bad!

I responded to the OP that I had the same issues and he was slow to answer so I filled in the blanks with my info. Apparently all the good advice worked out to be one lump sum of info for the OP based on my responses!

 

[fishfanatic46]

my argentea is a fiend for crunched up algae wafers and will not eat off the surface either but is not shy at all about filling up on sinking pellets but wafers are really his fav.